The Cobras won five games, all in South Atlantic Conference play, during Merrill's third year at the helm. 

In his second season as head coach, Merrill guided the Cobras to four wins. 

Merrill helped the Cobras to seven wins in his first season in 2019-20, including six in the South Atlantic Conference. In addition under Merrill, men's basketball landed three players on the 2019-20 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and also put together a 3.37 team GPA. Men's Basketball also finished No. 6 in all of Division II in community service hours. 

Jarred Merrill was announced as the next Head Men's Basketball Coach at Coker on Apr. 24, 2019. Merrill comes to Coker after spending the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Mercer University. While at Mercer he helped guide the Bears to two postseason appearances, including a spot in the quarterfinals of the 2018 College Basketball Invitational (CBI). He recruited and developed more than nine All-SoCon players during his time at Mercer, including two-time selection Stephon Jelks.

In addition to his coaching duties, Merrill was in charge of the Mercer Basketball Annual Coaches Clinic and Bob Hoffman summer basketball camps.

Prior to his time at Mercer, Merrill spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Southern Nazarene University where he led the Storm to a third-place finish at the NCCAA National Tournament in 2014. He also spent time as a coach at Bishop McGuinness High School where he was instrumental in his team finishing the 2013 season as the Oklahoma State High School Finals runner-up with a 24-5 overall record.

In addition to his coaching prowess, Merrill was a standout player. He finished his career at Oklahoma Christian University as the program's all-time leading scorer (2,189 points) and was a Hall of Fame Inductee in 2013. Also, he is second in career rebounds with 1,120 and shares the OCU record with 59 double doubles.  He was named the NAIA Division I National Player of the Year and upon graduating played professionally in Spain, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Bahrain, Lebanon and South Korea, as well as in the U.S. in the NBA Development League, the American Basketball Association and the United States Basketball League.

Merrill graduated from Oklahoma Christian with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and he holds a Masters of Science in Management from Southern Nazarene University. He and his wife, Candace are the proud parents of Jaya, Mannix, and Jarred Jr.