BALTIMORE, Md. -- Coppin State head coach Sherman Reed was inducted to the Oldtimers Baseball Association of Maryland Hall of Fame this past Saturday afternoon in Dundalk, Md.

The Eagles head coach was a bit surprised by the honor when asked about it. “It was unexpected. But I got a call from Bob Pitt (Chairman of the Oldtimers Baseball Association of Maryland Hall of Fame committee) called and said there was some discussions about you possibly having the credentials to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. So I didn’t think much of it,” said Reed. “Then about a week later, Bob called and said the discussion is heating up. We need you to submit your resume and background of all the things you’ve done in the game of baseball. All I could do is say that you’ll be heavily considered.”

About two weeks ago, according to Reed, he got a call that said he was selected. It caught Reed off guard. Reed said, “It’s nice to see that you’re being in the game for as long as I’ve been in the game. You just do it for the love of the game as a player and helping to try to keep baseball in the front burner here in Maryland and in Baltimore. Particularly in the urban settings, it was nice to see that those good deeds weren’t going unnoticed.”

Coach Reed played his college career at Towson (Formerly Towson State then) from 1979 to 1983. Then he spent 10 years playing independent baseball prior to coaching baseball.

Reed started coaching baseball at Western Tech and Catonsville High Schools. Reed also coached Pony League and Cal Ripken baseball.

He was also the director of the Yankee Rebels Baseball club from 2005-2010, the oldest amateur baseball club in Maryland. Reed also was the coordinator of the Urban Baseball Camp for the Kansas City Royals in 2008-2009. Reed was the assistant coach at Coppin State under Harvey Lee in 2008 and Mike Scolinos in 2009 before he took over the coaching reins here in 2010.

Coach Reed loves baseball and in particular, anytime there is an opportunity to impact the community with this game, he’s ready and available to assist. Reed stated, “If someone in the community needed me to come out whether it was to speak, work a camp or talk to some of the area kids about the importance of academics, I would never say no. And I’ve held to that and the student athletes here in the baseball program have helped to also prove that it wasn’t just talking. But we were going to walk the walk. They’ve been very, very community oriented since they’ve come into the program.”

Coach Reed can now add Hall of Famer to his resume.