Coach Todd Sheppard comes to ABAC
with a resume that includes coaching stints at the high school level as a head
coach and several different assigments as an assistant coach and recruiting
coordinator at the college level both at the junior college and NCAA levels.
Most recently Sheppard was the lead assistant and recruiting coordinator for
Coach Jim Yarbrough at nearby Valdosta State University. In three years at
Valdosta, he was instrumental in the recruiting and coaching efforts that led
to an overall record of 54 wins and 29 losses including Valdosta State
University’s only appearance in the NCAA Tournament’s "Sweet Sixteen" in 2002.
Prior to that assignment Sheppard was employed at Hiwassee College in
Madisonville, Tennessee. That team received a top 25 ranking for most of the
season and finished 7th in the country in scoring. His collegiate
coaching career began in Milledgeville, Georgia at Georgia College and State
University. Teaming with Coach Terry Sellers the program posted and overall
record of 36 wins and 19 losses during his two seasons. The following season
the program would win 26 games and make its first appearance in the NCAA
Tournament.Sheppard is a native of Conyers, Georgia
where he attended Heritage High School. He then attended and Graduated from
Georgia Southern University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a
minor in psychology. He also earned a master’s degree in Outdoor Education from
Georgia College in 1996.
Coach Sheppard is married to the former Rachel Brown of
Milledgeville, Georgia. They have two children, two year old Max and 5 month
old Lucy.
