Sacramento State

Eric Scott was named the wide receivers coach at Sacramento State in January 2026. Scott came to the Hornets after two seasons as the head coach at West Los Angeles JC.
 
Scott saw a three-game improvement from the first to his second season as the Wildcats posted a 7-4 overall record in 2025. The team won six of its final eight games of the regular season to earn a berth in the Beach Bowl. During the year, the team averaged 32.4 points per game.
 
Prior to taking the job at West LA, Scott was the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at San Jose State from 2021-23. In 2022, the Spartan receivers combined for 2,552 yards and 15 touchdowns. Wide receiver Elijah Cooks led the charge with 10 touchdowns and had 1,076 yards on the season.
 
The following season, Nick Nash caught 48 passes for 728 yards and eight scores. That year, the team won its final six games of the regular season to become bowl eligible where the Spartans were selected to play in the EasyPoint Hawai’i Bowl.

Scott joined the Spartans after four seasons at Nevada. Starting in 2017, he was the wide receivers coach. Scott added the duties of recruiting coordinator in 2018. As a member of the Wolf Pack staff, he coached players to four all-Mountain West postseason honors and three consecutive post-season bowl appearances.
 
Scott began his coaching career as an assistant coach, and eventually, offensive coordinator at Crenshaw HS from 1999-05. During those years, the Cougars won six Coliseum League titles and the 2005 CIF City Section championship. Scott returned to UCLA, where he was a student-athlete, to be a coaching intern in 2006 and the receivers coach the following year under Karl Dorrell.
 
He returned to high school football as the head coach at Centennial HS in Compton, Calif., from 2008-09. Scott was the offensive coordinator at Jordan HS (Long Beach) for two seasons and at Hamilton HS in LA for one. He was named the head coach at Los Angeles HS (2014-16) and led the Romans to at least 11 victories all three seasons. He was named the LA City Section Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2016.

Throughout his long association with high school football in the Los Angeles area, also was a head coach in the Snoop Youth Football League that offered youngsters (ages 6-14)  an opportunity to play football, be mentored by responsible adults, and possibly earn a college scholarship offer.
 
Scott played three seasons for UCLA as a wide receiver and punt returner after beginning his college career at Northwestern. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in sociology in 1997 and added master’s degree from USC in social entrepreneurship in 2017.

Coaching Experience
2024-25: West LA JC (head coach)
2021-23: San Jose State (wide receivers)
2017-20: Nevada (wide receivers)
2014-16: Los Angeles HS (head coach)
2012: Hamilton HS (offensive coordinator)
2006-08: UCLA (intern/wide receivers)
2010-11: Jordan HS (offensive coordinator)
2008-09: Centennial HS (head coach)
1999-05: Crenshaw HS (assistant coach)