“It made sense to have Coach Sheridan come back here,†O’Brien said. “He had tremendous success. He did a lot for this university. He did a lot for the players.
“One of the things I found when I started to do some of the Wolfpack Club events during the winter was the tremendous respect and love his former players had for the man.â€
O’Brien also had a strong working knowledge of Sheridan’s program from O’Brien’s time as an assistant and offensive coordinator at Virginia under George Welsh. That’s when Sheridan led the Wolfpack to six bowl games in seven years and was a regular contender in the ACC race.
“I always had a tremendous amount of respect for Coach Sheridan and his football teams, the way they played, the way they carried themselves and everything they did,†O’Brien said.
