Marshall L. Shearer

Marshall Livingston Shearer Sr. (August 30, 1901 – May 13, 1964) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bluefield College]—now known as Bluefield University in Bluefield, Virginia in 1926, Concord State Normal School—now known as Concord University—in Athens, West Virginia from 1930 to 1931, and New River State College—now known as West Virginia University Institute of Technology—in Montgomery, West Virginia from 1933 to 1934.

After that, he was a head coach at Graham High School in Bluefield, Virginia where he coached future college and pro football Hall of Fame member Bill Dudley.

Shearer was born in Wayne County, Kentucky in 1901 and died in North Charleston, South Carolina in 1964.

He played college football at Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky, where he a teammate of Red Roberts.