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American football coach

Ernie McCook
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Shepherd
Conference	PSAC
Record	59–18
Biographical details
Born	Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Wesley College (1992) US Sports Academy (1999)
Playing career
1988–1991	Wesley (DE)

Position(s)	Offensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
?	Beall HS (MD) (assistant)
?–1990	South River HS (MD) (assistant)
1991	Susquehanna (assistant)
1992–1997	Wesley (assistant)
1998	Frostburg State (assistant)
1999	Shepherd (OL)
2000–2006	Shepherd (OC/OL)
2007–2008	Shepherd (AHC/OC/OL)
2009	Liberty (TE)
2010–2017	Shepherd (AHC/OC/OL)
2018–present	Shepherd

Head coaching record
Overall	59–18
Tournaments	7–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 PSAC East Division (2022) 2X Super Region 1 (2021-2022)
Awards
AFCA Region One Coach of the Year (2022) PSAC East Division Coach of the Year (2022)

Ernie McCook is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Shepherd University, a position he has held since 2018. He previously coached for Beall High School, South River High School, Susquehanna, Wesley, Frostburg State, and Liberty. He played college football for Wesley as an offensive lineman.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AFCA
Shepherd Rams (Mountain East Conference) (2018)
2018	Shepherd	7–3	7–3	3rd
Shepherd Rams (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (2019–present)
2019	Shepherd	10–3	6–1	2nd (East)	L NCAA Division II Second Round	22
2020–21	Shepherd	1–0	0–0	N/A
2021	Shepherd	13–2	6–1	2nd (East)	L NCAA Division II Semifinal	5
2022	Shepherd	13–2	7–0	1st (East)	L NCAA Division II Semifinal	6
2023	Shepherd	9–3	5–2	T–2nd (East)	L NCAA Division II First Round
2024	Shepherd	6–5	3–4	T–5th (East)
Shepherd:		59–18	34–11
Total:		59–18
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

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Kozlowski, Rick (April 19, 2021). "Shepherd coach turns to filling staff". The Journal. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
"Cater Announces Retirement; McCook Named Head Coach". mountaineast.org. January 24, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
^ Academy, US Sports (March 13, 2018). "Academy Graduate McCook Takes Reins of Successful Shepherd University Football Program". United States Sports Academy. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
"Inside the Headset - Division II Coach of the Year Panel - AFCA". www.afca.com. February 9, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
"Ernie McCook - Football Coach". Shepherd University Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

v t e Shepherd Rams head football coaches
A. D. Kenamond (1920) Withrow Legge (1921–1924) John Newcome (1925–1941) No team (1942–1945) Cleftus Lowe (1946–1947) Don L. Phillips (1948–1950) William M. Moore (1951–1952) Donald E. Fuoss (1953–1955) Jesse Riggleman (1956–1966) Roger Parker (1967–1970) Walter Barr (1971–1985) Mike Jacobs (1986) Monte Cater (1987–2017) Ernie McCook (2018– )

v t e Head football coaches of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
East Division	Frank Sheptock (Bloomsburg) Jimmy Terwilliger (East Stroudsburg) Jim Clements (Kutztown) Dan Mulrooney (Lock Haven) J. C. Morgan (Millersville) Mark Maciejewski (Shippensburg) Ernie McCook (Shepherd) Duke Greco (West Chester)
West Division	Gary Dunn (California (PA)) Raymond Monica (Clarion) Vacant (Edinboro) Erik Raeburn (Gannon) Paul Tortorella (IUP) Daniel Day (Seton Hill) Shawn Lutz (Slippery Rock)

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