The Head Football Coach at an Upstate college is hanging up the whistle. Wofford Coach Shawn Watson announced his upcoming retirement, Tuesday. Watson is set to retire at the end of this season after a coaching career that has spanned of more than 4 decades.
Watson has been at Wofford since January of 2022 when he came there as the Offensive Coordinator. He was then named Interim Head Coach in December of 2022. He was later promoted to Head Coach on a permanent basis.
Prior to coming to Spartanburg, Watson was an assistant coach at Northern Iowa. he had prior stints as the Head Coach at Southern Illinois and as an assistant at Texas, Nebraska, Colorado and multiple other schools.
Watson has led Wofford to a 5-5 record so far this season with two games left including a home tilt with East Tennessee State this weekend. Watson's overall record at Wofford stands at 21- 32.
His retirement game will be when the Terriers travel to Ole Miss in the regular season finale, November 21st.
