Football
- Title:
- Wide Receivers
- Email:
- csheridan@tulane.edu
- Phone:
- 314-2425
Carter Sheridan, a native of New Orleans, re-joined the Tulane coaching staff as the program’s running back coach in the summer of 2023. He moved to coach the team’s wide receivers in the spring of 2024. He previously coached at Tulane during the 2015 season.
In 2023, he aided Tulane running back Makhi Hughes to First Team All-AAC honors and earn AAC Rookie of the Year distinction. Hughes led the conference in rushing with 1,378 yards and total seven rushing scores. His average of 98.4 yards per game on the ground ranked him 21st nationally. Hughes became just the eighth different Tulane player to ever top the 1,000-yard rushing barrier and the first freshman.
Sheridan arrived at Tulane after spending the previous three seasons working at LSU at the offensive analyst for the Tigers.
Prior to joining the Tulane staff as wide receivers coach in 2015, Sheridan spent 12 years with the New Orleans Saints where he was part of the organizations Super Bowl title in 2009. He first joined the Saints as an intern in 2004 and then was elevated to coaching assistant in 2006. He worked primarily with the wide receivers during his time with the Saints.
Sheridan also served as an assistant coach at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans prior to joining the LSU coaching staff in 2020.
He graduated from St. Augustine High School and later went on to play defensive back for Florida A&M from 1996-98.
