[3] Sherrer began coaching as an assistant at Tuscaloosa County High School in 1996, and helped the team win the state championship during his second year on the staff in 1997.

[2] In 1998, he returned to the University of Alabama, serving as a graduate assistant on the staff of head coach Mike DuBose.

[2] From 2001 to 2004, Sherrer served as defensive backs coach at Spain Park High School in Hoover, Alabama.

[3] In 2005, Sherrer joined the staff at Hoover High School, reuniting with college teammate (and future collegiate coaching colleague) Jeremy Pruitt.

Players Sherrer coached at Georgia included Tae Crowder,[7] Leonard Floyd, and Jordan Jenkins.

[2] In December 2017, Sherrer was hired as the defensive coordinator at Tennessee, where his long-time colleague Pruitt had been named head coach.