Jerry Sarchet is currently the head football coach at Warren County High School in Front Royal, Virginia. He previously served as an assistant coach at Charles J. Colgan High School in Manassas, Virginia. From 2011 to 2018, he was the head football coach and history teacher at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, Virginia. In 2014, Sarchet led his team to its first ever Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division 1 Playoffs and repeated that feat in 2015. Prior to Saint John Paul the Great, he was the head coach, director of athletics, and history teacher at The Avalon School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, from 2007-2011. Before that, he served as an assistant football coach and history teacher at Harnett Central High School in Angier, North Carolina from 2003-2007.
A 1999 Graduate of Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, he played defensive end and punter, as well as served in the Army ROTC Program. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in history, with a minor in military science. Upon graduation, Sarchet was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army and served at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, until 2003. While on active duty, he served an overseas tour of duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. As an Army Reservist, he served a tour of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. In 2007, he earned a Master of Education in secondary social studies from Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. In 2018, he earned an Education Specialist degree in Educational Leadership and anticipates earning the Educational Doctorate degree in May 2021 from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Sarchet and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Manassas, Virginia, with their six children, JT, Jack, Agatha, Vincent, Dominic, and Lucy.