Here is a copy of the letter he sent out today


Effective at the end of the season. This email just went out:

Dear Fellow Bulldogs:
It is with mixed emotion that I write this letter, but I want you to know my decision before you read it or hear it in the media.

I have decided to retire from coaching football and have given Dr. Lee and Larry my letter of resignation effective at the end of this football season. I feel this advance notice gives the administration ample time to hire a new head football coach and make sure the football program continues to get back to where everyone wants it to be and it deserves to be.

This decision has not come easily for me because of my great feeling for the players and their families, the coaches and their families, and the entire MSU family. Over the years, Peggy and I have developed personal relationships with many of you and will always value those friendships.

Thirteen years ago, I took the job as head football coach and brought my family to Starkville, where we experienced firsthand what it is to be a Bulldog. That was thirteen years ago, and now our daughter holds both a B.S. and a master’s degree, our son-in-law received a B.S., and Peggy earned a bachelor’s degree, all from Mississippi State University. Our 21-month-old grandson, Daniel, recognizes the MSU emblem and yells “PopPop” (that’s me, by the way) at the sight of anything maroon and white. Those are things which will go with me and my family the rest of our lives.

When I took this job, I said that we deserve to win and we would win. We have experienced some of the greatest moments ever at Scott Field. We have been to the Liberty Bowl, the Peach Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, and the Independence Bowl, and, most importantly, had the thrill of participating in the SEC Championship game. We have been treated with tremendous respect and goodwill and for that, I thank you. You have been our friend through the ups and downs, and there are no words to adequately express my appreciation.

Two years ago, we started a downhill slide and I have deep regret about that. However, I have made sure we now have the players in place to regain the respect and bring the excitement back to Scott Field. We are on the road back and this young team will win a lot of football games in the upcoming years.

We need to do our part to never go backward. The best way to make sure that happens is to be very positive and loyal to this university and the people who are in place to run it. I may have rambled a bit, but you can rest assured that I have not thrown in the towel and I will fight to my last breath. We have two more home games against Alabama and Mississippi, and I expect the stadium to be packed to full capacity. I want everyone to rock the stands with noise and excitement and electricity for our football team.

Thank you for allowing me to have the honor of serving as your head football coach for 13 years, and for all the support and loyalty you have shown me and my family.

I will forever be a Bulldog.

Jackie Sherrill

the things coaches will do to not get FIRED!:shock:

I am definitely going to miss him. Boy that easy W in the SEC was a thing of beauty.

Actually, besides his LSU curse, I think that he did a great job at MSU. It is ashamed that his team had to slip so far these past couple of years. It is pretty tough to win at MSU and I thought that he did OK. They are going to be shocked when the next few coaches struggle even worse. I think that he left the cupboard a little bare, but that is the nature of MSU.

I like Jackie Sherill and will miss him at MSU.

I think he is a fine football coach, some of us remember him
from Texas A&M and a few other places.

I don't blame him for stepping down and taking a break from
coaching for a while.

But, I PREDICT he will be coaching somewhere else in the
future.

It's gotta be bad coaching at MSU the way the last few seasons
have gone for them.

I'm sorry to see him go, he's always been a class act. It will be interesting to see who they can lure up there after the season is over.

Stop the sugar coating......

Jackie Sherrill is the biggest piece of shit to ever coach in the SEC. He resigned, that's real brave. He's getting ready to get fired for the pathetic job he has done over the past 3 years. On top of that the NCAA is getting ready to bitch-slap MSU into oblivion.

The man resigned now for 1 reason only. To atleast have a clean name when he said goodbye. If he let this piece of crap season continue and the NCAA hammer come down before he left he would be tarnished forever. Now he atleast walks out with claps.

The man is a scumbag and has dismantled every program he has coached.

He won at MSU b/c he didn't care about character or how he got his players.

Good riddance.......

To add. Here's the classy piece of crap in action last weekend.

Sherrill v West

the link did have a video of the incident but it looks to have been moved.

Moo U will never be able to pay a proven winner enough money to live in StarkVegas. They were lucky to get Sherrill at the time they did because Jackie had some "issues" that made him less attractive to a winning program than his record would have qualified him for. If Jimbo stays at LSU and has continued success in the next 2 or 3 years with one of the young blue chip QBs he can end up getting a lot better head job than at MSU

You nailed it right on the head, Hub. This man was a sorry POS, and the SEC will be a lot better off without him.