Bud Wright remains head coach

Kevin Wright & Jake Chesney named associate head coaches

On Monday evening, Sheridan Community Schools released the following statement regarding the suspension of longtime head football coach, Larry “Bud” Wright, which was announced last Friday afternoon.

“Sheridan Community Schools has named Kevin Wright and Jake Chesney as Associate Head Coaches beginning immediately. Coach Bud Wright will continue in his role as Head Coach.   Coach Wright was placed on a paid administrative leave while a review of the program took place. It was determined that Coach (Bud) Wright should continue to be the Head Coach with the Associate Coaches in place.”

Kevin Wright played for his father at Sheridan High School, graduating in 1983. He then played four years of college football at Western Kentucky University, where he was a wide receiver.

Wright coached at Frankfort for one year, 1991, before heading to Noblesville, where he coached from 1992 to 1998 and leading the Millers to a sectional title in 1997.

From there, Wright spent one year at Louisville Trinity (1999), then had six highly successful seasons at Warren Central (2000-05). The Warriors won three state championships under Wright’s supervision, in 2003, 2004, 2005 and claimed at least a sectional title in all six seasons.

After stops at Union High School in Oklahoma and a two-year stint as offensive coordinator at his alma mater Western Kentucky, Wright returned to Hamilton County in 2010 to coach Carmel. He spent five seasons coaching the Greyhounds, winning state in 2011 and finishing as runner-up in 2013 and 2014.

Wright coached at IMG Academy, the nationally recognized prep school in Bradenton, Fla, for four years (2015-19). Wright led IMG to an undefeated season in his first season. After that, Wright accepted the tight ends coach position at Indiana University, coaching there from 2020 to 2023.

Chesney graduated from Sheridan in 2015, where he was a multi-sport star in football, basketball and baseball. He would go on to play football at Trine University all four years and has been with the Blackhawks’ staff the past few seasons.