Derrick McCall (born c. 1961) is an American college football coach. He is the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach for Lane College, a position he has held since 2021.[1] He was the head football coach for Jackson State University in 2015.[2][3][4] He also coached for Shaw High School, Mattie T. Blount High School, the Mobile Seagulls of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), Tuskegee, and Shaw.[1] He played college football for Jackson State as a quarterback.[5][6][7]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant head coach, quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Lane |
| Conference | SIAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1961 (age 62–63) Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Spring Hill College (2001) |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1983 | Jackson State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997 | Shaw HS (AL) (QB) |
| 1998–2000 | Blount HS (AL) (AHC/OC) |
| 2000 | Mobile Seagulls (QB) |
| 2001–2004 | Tuskegee (WR) |
| 2005–2007 | Shaw (associate HC/OC) |
| 2008–2009 | Jackson State (WR) |
| 2010–2011 | Jackson State (QB) |
| 2012–2015 | Jackson State (OC/QB) |
| 2015 | Jackson State (interim HC) |
| 2016–2017 | Jackson State (WR) |
| 2017 | Jackson State (interim OC/WR) |
| 2021–present | Lane (AHC/QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–4 |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2015) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Jackson State | 2–4[a] | 2–4 | T–3rd (East) | |||||
| Jackson State: | 2–4 | 2–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–4 | ||||||||
- ^ McCall was named interim head coach with six weeks remaining in the season following the firing of Harold Jackson.
References
edit- ^ a b "Derrick McCall". Lane College Athletics. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ Cleveland, Tyler (October 17, 2017). "JSU's Derrick McCall will call offensive plays against Southern". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ Morales, Antonio (August 6, 2016). "Derrick McCall is back in action for Jackson State". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ Morales, Antonio (November 23, 2015). "McCall focused on Braves, not JSU coaching job". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "Jackson State promotes McCall to OC". 11Alive. June 12, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "JSU names Derrick McCall offensive coordinator". Jackson State University News Room. June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "JSU names Derrick McCall offensive coordinator". JSU Newsroom. June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2024.