Shannon Beiste

"This isn't about who I want to go to bed with, it's about who I want to go to bed as."

Sheldon Beiste is a major character on Glee. He has been a recurring character since his introduction as a female character in the second season through the sixth season. He is the current football coach at William McKinley High School who replaced Ken Tanaka. He was married to Cooter Menkins. However, Beiste leaves Cooter in Props after Cooter continues to physically and emotionally abuse him. In Jagged Little Tapestry, Beiste comes out as transgender and announces he is going to transition to male, thereby changing his name from Shannon to Sheldon.

He is played by Dot-Marie Jones.

Biography
S2= Audition

Sheldon replaces Ken Tanaka who resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown after the wedding to Emma Pillsbury fell through and becomes the new football coach. Because sports are considered a bigger money earner than cheerleading and Glee Club, Principal Figgins cuts the Cheerios and New Directions' budgets by 10%. Sue becomes furious at her and Will's budget being cut, so she asks Will to help her "destroy" Sheldon. Surprisingly Will agrees, which causes them to become "frenemies." Together, the two of them begin "Operation: Mean Girls" in which the two of them prank and bully Sheldon, by ordering a massive amounts of pizza under Beiste's name and trying to alienate him as a new member of the staff. This is all done with the hope of driving Beiste to quit his job. Sheldon tries to ignore the bullying, which reminds Beiste greatly of Beiste's childhood, and instead pushes on with Beiste's job. Beiste forces the entire football team to re-tryout, but still offers the team the prank-pizzas when he is forced to buy them. Slowly however, the pranks begin to eat away at Sheldon who finally explodes at Finn Hudson, who asks Beiste if Artie Abrams, who uses a wheelchair, can try out for football. Thinking that Finn and Artie are trying to humiliate him the way Will and Sue are, Beiste throws Finn off the team and refuses to let him back on when Finn tries to explain he wasn't trying to be mean, but was instead trying to help his friend. Will soon feels sympathy towards Beiste and realizes that he's been treating Sheldon the same way the Glee kids are treated every day. Will apologizes and offers to become Beiste's friend despite Sheldon's earlier insult of Glee Club, and Sheldon accepts.

Britney/Brittany

Sheldon allows Finn to re-join the football team with Artie.

Grilled Cheesus

Coach Beiste makes Finn quarterback again after Sam is injured in the game and is unable to continue playing.

Never Been Kissed

Finn suggests that Sam uses Coach Beiste as a way to cool down when he is feeling sexually aroused. This method is soon adopted by other members of the Glee group including Tina, which causes Mike to confront Sheldon demanding he stay away from "his girl". Sheldon, confused, speaks to Will who reveals the "cool down method," prompting Beiste to quit the job due in large part to the fact Beiste can't stand how no one will give Besite a chance at the school aside from Will. Will confronts his students, and they admit they had not intended to hurt Beiste, and admit that Beiste is the best coach they've ever had. Later Will finds Beiste clearing out Beiste's stuff and after a heartfelt conversation in which Beiste admits to have never been kissed, Will gives Beiste an innocent first kiss. He then takes Beiste to the choir room, where the boys perform the number, Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind, which is dedicated to Beiste. Touched by it, Beiste shares a group hug with the boys.

The Substitute

Sheldon is seen lecturing the football team, telling them not to spray athlete's foot in their team mates eyes. Sue interrupts Sheldon and informs Beiste that she is cutting the football program. Sheldon asks her who the Cheerios are going to cheer for. Sue is left speechless and leaves after claiming that she will "answer [his] question later."

Furt

Coach Beiste is seen coming in the locker room breaking-up the fight between Sam and David, and furiously demanding what was going on that caused the fight.

A Very Glee Christmas

Sheldon organizes Secret Santa, but due to a diversion from Sue, Becky swaps Sheldon's tub of names with a tub with only her own name. Later on Sue's scam is revealed and Sheldon, along with Emma and Will, confront Sue to which she tells them that she is everybody's Secret Santa and she has legal rights to the gifts. Will checks out the legal rights and when Sue returns to her office the next day, she finds the football team taking her gifts to put under the tree for orphan children. Will tells her that because she misrepresented herself, she doesn't have the legal rights. Later, Artie and some other guys from Glee Club ask Beiste to dress up as Santa, break into Brittany's house and tell her that Santa can't give her what she wanted (Artie walking). Sheldon is hesitant at first but agrees if it will help Brittany. Later, at Brittany' house, Sheldon (as Santa) tells her a story of how when Beiste was young, Beiste wanted to be like other girls, but Santa couldn't do it and so Beiste moved on and ended up being glad that Beiste didn't get what he wanted. Brittany is disappointed and Sheldon leaves. The next day, Sheldon is seen watching and listening to the Glee Club performance of Welcome Christmas. He too donates to the Christmas Appeal. After the performance, the Glee Clubbers (minus Artie and Brittany) head to the Choir Room to discover Artie walking with an invention called a ReWalk. Sheldon is hidden in the hall watching them with a smile, hinting that Beiste was the one who bought the ReWalk.

The Sue Sylvester Shuffle



Coach Beiste recruits Rachel, Tina, Mercedes, and Lauren to the football team. He also forces the football team to join Glee Club to foster a sense of unity. While speaking to Will about the problems he has with the football team, he jokes that he's worried that Will might attempt to kiss him again. Will plays along and assures him that he won't kiss him again. Later, Coach Beiste suspends the entire football, sans the Glee Club members, because they do not wish to participate in their own half-time show. However, later the football team change their minds which results in state championship victory for the Titans.

Silly Love Songs

Sheldon takes Santana to the school nurse after she was beaten up by Lauren, the latter of whom he yells at to leave before she gets into more trouble.

Blame It on the Alcohol

Sheldon helps Will have fun. After seeing how uptight he is, Sheldon takes him to a bar which he goes to a lot. He gets drunk at the bar, and the two sing One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. He later takes the drunken Will home, and they talk for a bit. Sheldon says while they were responsible in not drinking and driving perhaps they are a bit old to be going out and partying. Sheldon advised Will to drink plenty of water and take some aspirin before going to bed. Sheldon gives Will a platonic kiss before leaving his apartment.

Sexy

Sheldon appears eating lunch with Will when Emma protests letting Holly Holliday teach the Glee kids about sex. He giggles at Emma's unintentional double entendre.

S3= The Purple Piano Project

Will seeks out Sheldon's advice about whether he should allow Sugar join New Directions even though she has a terrible singing voice. Sheldon tells Will if he wants the Glee club to win, he will have crush Sugar's dream.

I Am Unicorn

Will elects Sheldon, Emma, and Artie to be the directors of the school musical. He also tries (and fails) to hold in laughter at Kurt's second audition for Tony. Sheldon says that Rachel is perfect for Maria, because she always wants to meet its objectives, and believes that Kurt is not perfect for Tony because he's very feminine. During Blaine's audition, he cries with joy.

Asian F

Sheldon watches with Emma and Artie Mercedes' performance of Spotlight, which is her choice for audition song for the role of Maria. Sheldon is later seen in the locker room talking to the team and tells them he's casting them as the Jets and it is mandatory. Then in the teachers' lounge, he is present when Emma is talking to Will about how Mercedes' performance was so different, she exudes a new confidence. Emma thinks Rachel is the perfect Maria while Coach Beiste thinks Mercedes seems like the riskier choice for Maria, but could be a more exciting choice. Later, Coach Beiste, Artie, and Emma meet in Emma's office and tell Mercedes and Rachel to perform again. After both girls sing for their call back, Sheldon, Emma, and Artie tell them they're double casting the role of Maria, meaning it's being shared with between the two girls.

The First Time

Sheldon, Artie, and Emma are making necessary adjustments to the West Side Story. After Artie expresses concern to both Rachel and Blaine over their performance's blatant lack of sexual passion, Sheldon leaves under the pretense that he needs to inflate the school's football supply. Artie later approaches him, asking why the sex conversation made him uncomfortable. After an initial protest, Sheldon confides in Artie that he is still a virgin and that he has an (what he speculates to be) unrequited attraction to Cooter Menkins. Artie then coaxes Cooter into asking Sheldon out on a date. Sheldon is initially hesitant to accept the proposal, assuming that the date idea must be a set-up and expressing that he "[doesn't] look the way pretty girls look." Cooter eventually manages to persuade Sheldon to accept his offer, and the two later attend the opening performance of West Side Story together.

I Kissed a Girl

Sheldon is still supervising the school's presidential race as election day draws near, while simultaneously enjoying what he believes to be a solid relationship with Cooter. Sheldon is later shocked when he discovers Cooter on a date with Sue at ‎Breadstix, and confronts him about the situation. Cooter reiterates that he has feelings for Sheldon, but also expresses his concern that their relationship is more of a friendship than a romance, and that he is reaching a point in his life in which he needs commitment above anything. Sheldon is devastated and sings Jolene, but later professes the extent of his feelings to Cooter, stating that he is truly in love with him and that he will not allow for Sue to just "swoop in and snatch [him] right away."

Yes/No

Sheldon reveals to Will and Emma that he and Cooter eloped after a date at Taco Bell in which Sheldon told Cooter that he felt he was his soulmate. Sheldon, along with Sue, then sing back up and as a bridesmaid in Emma's fantasy Wedding Bell Blues.

The Spanish Teacher

Sheldon gives Emma's pamphlet on cleaning your jock strap to the football team to make them listen to her. He then shows the pamphlet to Cooter who makes not only all of Ohio's schools buy the pamphlet, but he convinces the Big Ten to purchase them as well.

On My Way

Sheldon is seen as a part of the faculty meeting to discuss how to deal with the news of David's attempted suicide. He appears very emotional and comments on how senseless it is.

Choke

In Choke, Sheldon walks down the hall with a black eye. Santana makes a joke that his husband must have hit him. She thinks it's funny because she assumes Cooter didn't hit him. Sheldon walks into the teachers' lounge to hear that Roz and Sue are discussing his black eye. He is taken aback to hear that the girls joked that he'd been hit. He claims he misjudged the timing when punching a speedbag and it rebounded to hit him. Roz, Sue, and Sheldon confront the Glee girls about domestic violence. They give them the assignment to sing songs about empowerment, encouraging them to get out of a bad situation. The girls perform Cell Block Tango. During the performance, there are flashbacks of Cooter becoming increasingly upset and angry with Sheldon. He gets up and leaves during the performance. When Sue and Roz confront Sheldon about leaving, he admits that Cooter did hit him and gave him the black eye. He had been asking Sheldon to do the dishes all weekend, but he forgot. Cooter has also been drinking before he hit Sheldon. He says he apologized right away. Roz asks why he didn't fight him back, but Sheldon says he's not a violent person. Sue tells him he has to get out of the house. He admits he's afraid to leave him because he doesn't think anybody else will ever love him. Sue tells him that he can stay with her that night. Sue confronts him when he didn't come to her house. Sheldon says he spent the whole night moving in with his sister Denise. He then tells the girls what actually happened and thanks them for possibly saving his life. The girls sing Shake It Out for him, but the montage shows that he has forgiven Cooter and gone back to him.

Props

Santana, Mercedes, and Brittany barge into the teachers' lounge, claiming it would be a hate crime to kick them out. They confront Sheldon because he is still wearing his wedding ring and Mercedes saw him at the movies with Cooter, despite the fact that he had told them he left him. He says he is giving him a second chance. He claims that he now knows that he's out if he treats him bad, but a flashback reveals that he has continued treating him poorly as he is seen clutching a kitchen knife before dropping it into the kitchen sink as he yells at him. Sheldon breaks up a fight between Puck and Rick "The Stick" Nelson when Puck pulls out a prop switchblade. The two of them argue in the locker room. Puck yells about all of the ways he sees himself as a loser. He begins to cry and Sheldon hugs him, becoming tearful himself. He says, "You and me, we're badasses. Nobody thinks anything hurts us, but it does." Following the realization he had with Puck, he goes home and stares at Cooter as he gives his apologies and excuses. He mentions to him that he's been sleeping with a knife under his pillow. He then tells Cooter he's out. Sheldon says he can't hate him more than Sheldon hates himself. He says the awful part is that Sheldon loves him, but wonders what that says about what Sheldon thinks of himself. When Cooter becomes desperate and angry he asks, "Who's going to love you now?" Sheldon simply replies "Me," as he leaves. He joins Puck in a meaningful duet of Mean. He then breaks the news to him that he's going to get another chance at the test he needs to be able to graduate. He offers to help him work on passing it. He tells him "You are loved pumpkin. You are not alone." Sheldon walks into Sue's office with a suitcase saying he wants to be a chaperon for Nationals. When Sue questions that he already packed a bag, he admits he left Cooter. Sue gets up to hug him. He rides the bus to Nationals with everyone else.

Nationals

Sheldon is first seen when he calls Will to break up the fight between the New Directions and can be seen watching them during their performance and also the ceremony of "Teacher of the Year."

Goodbye

Sheldon is seen trying to tutor Puck before he retakes his geography test. Sheldon also attends the graduation ceremony, standing next to Will and Sue and cheering on the graduates, smiling and dancing along to Glory Days. At the end of the song, he is shown giving Will a high five. S4=

The Role You Were Born to Play

Sheldon counsels Will and Emma after they have a fight. His words convince Emma to go to Washington with Will. Sheldon appears unconvinced about Emma's decision, however. Sheldon is next seen on the football field talking to Finn about his new recruits. Sheldon begins to tell Finn about Ryder Lynn, a recruit for the football team. He then yells at the recruits to huddle up. He later appears in Emma's office and gives her relationship advice - not to lie and be dishonest. Sheldon knows Emma does not really want to go to Washington with Will. It is later revealed that Emma takes Sheldon's advice.

Dynamic Duets

Sheldon is first seen talking to Finn about his costume, The Beiste Master. He tells him that as he is the faculty advisor for the club, he must dress up once a week. He says dressing up as a superhero is like being the person you aspire to be. In the teachers lounge, Sheldon tells Finn to become the New Directions hero.

Glee, Actually

Sheldon is first seen "marrying" Sam and Brittany. Next, he is seen pulling a name out of the Santa hat for Secret Santa and tells Sue about Millie Rose. At ‎Breadstix, he tells Sam and Brittany they aren't actually married. The two are upset that the world actually didn't end, so he pretends his phone is buzzing. He picks it up and says it's a google alert. An archaeologist, named Indiana Jones, found a new Mayan calendar. The new end of world date is September 27, 2014. He is last seen watching Jake, Puck, Sam and Brittany sing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, still at Breadsitx.

Sadie Hawkins

Sheldon talks to Finn and gives him ideas about what to do with Glee Club. He also attends the dance as a chaperon and convinces a group of "wallflower" girls to go out and dance.

Shooting Star

Sheldon is first seen when Ryder is talking, stopping him from going after Katie. Sheldon and Will later share a dinner in the locker rooms. Sheldon reveals that he has romantic feelings for Will, but Will shoots him down, explaining that he and Emma made up. Sheldon runs out in tears. He reluctantly attends the next Glee club meeting. When the shots are heard he hides along with the group. During the shooting, he helps the kids be safe, and protects them when Mr. Schue goes to get Brittany. The next day, they talk about how many of the students didn't return to school. Sheldon later finds out that Will made a profile for him on an online dating site. He finds he has a match and it's Ken Tanaka, the former football coach whom Sheldon took over from.

Sweet Dreams

Sheldon and Will are eating their lunch in the staff room, when Roz Washington enters. They discuss her taking over from Sue, and Sheldon mentions he is still having nightmares about the shooting. Sheldon convinces Will to talk to Finn to resolve the tension between the two. S5=

The Quarterback

Sheldon is sitting at a table in the teacher’s lounge with Will and Emma. They discuss the recent events of Finn’s death and how surreal it all seems still, even weeks after his passing. Sue interjects with comments about how everyone is free to go out and express their feelings of sadness at the tree out by the football field she had erected at the exact same spot she had once caught Finn and Quinn making out. Sheldon calls Sue out, asking her how she can possibly say such things under such serious circumstances, but Sue tells him that insulting those who mean the most to her is simply how she mourns. Coach Beiste is sitting in the locker room as Puck enters. Sheldon immediately sees that he is intoxicated and tells Puck that while it is understandable that he needs something to get through a difficult situation, what he really needs to do is let himself feel. “You don’t have to be scared to have feelings!” Sheldon tells him. Puck reacts by telling him “That’s crap!” and then tells him that he doesn't feel like anyone understands that if he actually allows himself to feel, he will never stop crying and then proceeds to knock over a shelf, with Sheldon tearfully joking that “Finn would have kicked over a chair”. Puck and Sheldon sit together and he holds him as Puck finally lets go and sobs into his shoulder. Puck asks Sheldon how he will move on without his best friend to help guide him. Sheldon tells him that he will have to learn to see himself the way Finn saw him, and be his own quarterback, as Finn’s voice in their heads is all they have of him now. Puck and Sheldon break down together, and Puck asks him to retire Finn’s football jersey number and frame Finn’s letterman jacket if they can retrieve it from Kurt so future students and football players will know who Finn was. Sheldon agrees, but also makes Puck promise that he will return Finn’s memorial tree which he stole. Puck says it wasn’t big enough, but Sheldon points out that it will continue to grow as the years pass. Later on, Puck and Sheldon are seen re-planting Finn’s tree, and they share a root beer in celebration once the task is done. Puck talks about the plaque at the trunk of the tree which has Finn’s birth and death years. He tells Sheldon it is the line between these dates that really matters, as it contains everything that happened in his life. Sheldon asks him what he plans to do with his “line”. Puck reveals that he wants to join the military, specifically, the air force, making a reference to the film ''Top Gun. '' Sheldon hugs Puck and tells him that he is proud of him. Puck leaves, with Sheldon telling him to “have a good line!” Sheldon then notices that Puck has carved the word “Quarterback” into the tree’s trunk, which was Finn’s position in football. Sheldon touches the word lovingly and smiles to himself.

Previously Unaired Christmas

Sheldon is first seen in this episode calling the McKinley High Non-Denominational Christmas Club meeting to order. Artie tells the club that the school's manger scene has been defaced. After some discussion, the club decides to do a "living nativity scene" and Sheldon announces that auditions will be tomorrow. The next day, Coach Beiste, Artie, and Will prepare to watch auditions for the Virgin Mary. Marley, Unique, and Tina have decided to audition together with Mary's Little Boy Child. Sheldon claps enthusiastically after the performance, saying that he has "a little bit" of Jamaican in him and their song moved him. He then asks if there are any other auditions for the Virgin Mary, and Kitty walks out of the auditorium. Later on, Coach Beiste's football team is named a runner-up in the "Green Christmas Tree" competition. Next, Will and Sheldon are overseeing a dress rehearsal for the living Nativity scene. Marley tells Kitty that he decided to give the part to Unique and they perform a controversial version of Love Child. Sheldon seems to enjoy the performance and it is clear that the club and Will and Sheldon are in cahoots to get Kitty to take the role of the Virgin Mary, which she does, calling the Love Child performance "sacrilegious." Sheldon is last seen in the episode as a shepherd with Will in the living nativity scene.

Frenemies

In this episode, Sheldon is seen only briefly, sitting on Principal Sue's "Blue Ribbon Panel" to decide who will be the class Valedictorian. Coach Beiste is clearly moved by both Artie's and Tina's speeches. His vote ended up resulting in a tie between the two.

Trio

Sheldon, Will, and Sue are in the teacher's lounge and Will is confiding in them about his and Emma's trouble in conceiving a baby. Sue and Sheldon suggest that both Will and Emma just need to relax. Sheldon points out that the best way to conceive a baby is "by not trying," meaning that Will and Emma need to just enjoy one another as husband and wife and not worry about the outcome each time they have sex. Evidently, Sue and Sheldon's advice proves useful - by the end of the episode, Emma reveals she is pregnant.

Opening Night

Will bought two tickets to the opening night of Funny Girl. Since Emma is heavily pregnant, she is unable to go, so Will offers the ticket to Beiste. However, Beiste is unable to go because he needs two seats on the plane. Will instead gives the ticket to Sue. S6= Dot-Marie Jones, who plays Sheldon Beiste, was promoted to series regular in Season Six after four years as a recurring star.

Loser Like Me

Beiste is seen still at McKinley, coaching the Titans. He now has Sam as his Assistant Coach.

Homecoming

Beiste doesn't appear in this episode, but is mentioned twice; firstly by Spencer who tells Kurt, that he kicked the only two people who had a problem with him being gay off the football team and secondly by Sue who says she would even drug "awful coach Beiste" in order to make Spencer a quarterback.

Jagged Little Tapestry

Beiste enters the choir room, and tells Sam that he's ill. Sam asks if he's okay, since he has been skipping football practice, and informs him that he has a sore knee, however he doesn't want to make a big deal out of it. Spencer enters, and asks Beiste to be the Quarterback for the next game, to which he denies his request. Spencer reports Beiste to Sue, and tells him about how he's constantly yelling at him, and he tells Sue about how he has been spotted by him after practice, wearing "men's" clothes. Sue confronts Beiste, and asks him what has been wrong with him lately. She tells him that she has seen him acting strangely, and that she has noticed the large amount of prescription medication that he has been possessing. This leads to Sue asking Beiste if he has cancer, to which he confirms that he does. Beiste tells Sam that he knows he has been acting strange lately, and that he has been seeing some doctors, and confirms that he lied about having cancer. It's then confirmed that he has Gender Dysphoria, and that it will be Beiste's first step of a gender transition. Beiste asks Sam to take over as the Coach of the Titans, and he will be going through procedures to have his breasts removed, and will be taking testosterone pills from the following week. Sue assures Beiste that his job is safe while he undergoes this process.

Transitioning

Beiste is seen driving to McKinley while doing a voiceover (we do not yet see his face). He says he’s nervous of what people will say, but he’s living the way he wants. He continues, stating that he took some time off so he could become comfortable. We learn that he has changed his name to Sheldon and he is welcomed by Sue and Sam. He is shown grown a beard. Sam is excited of all the "guy talk" they will catch up and Sue informs that she has been doing everything to make McKinley a gender-fluid school. Sheldon is happy for both of them. He is later seen walking back to his car and sees that his car has been covered with toilet paper and jockstraps with "COACH TRANNY" written in it by VA students who drive away shouting to him. He is later seen eating in the staff room, when Sam and Spencer run in and ask him who were the VA students who did it, that they can teach them a lesson. Beiste asks them both to sit down and he tells that although he would appreciate it, he doesn't want anything to be done, as it wouldn't teach them anything. Spencer tells it would, but Beiste argues, that he has dealt with ignorant people, who couldn't understand him and is happy that Spencer is one of them that do. Sam apologizes, saying that he can't stand him getting hurt. Beiste states that he knows and sends them to football practice looking happy. Beiste is later seen walking on the boys locker room hearing foot steps, who is revealed to Unique Adams and they share a hug. Unique asks him, when he had his transition, having found out by Will. Beiste apologizes to her, saying it's been overwhelming to fit in and that nobody has treated him as normal. Unique says he's not normal, but special. He states that he doesn’t want to feel special all the time, but wants to be like every other guy. Unique asks if the procedure hurt and he says yes, but he has no regrets and it's the best thing that has ever happened to him. He wishes that he would not be alone and Unique says, that he's not. In the auditorium, where Will has tricked Vocal Adrenaline, the VA students who trashed Beistes car, Unique starts singing I Know Where I've Been with Sheldon coming to watch with the others. Behind Unique sings a choir full of transgender people. Sheldon comes up on stage and joins the chorus and sings back up with tears of joy coming from his eyes. After the performance Will tells to Beiste that he gathered around this 200-300 people choir with Unique to make him feel welcome and home.

A Wedding

Beiste is seen in Santana's, Brittany's, Blaine's and Kurt's wedding. He is seen dancing with Sue to Our Day Will Come.

Child Star

Beiste is first seen with Sue when boys are seen doing their fitness test, and when Roderick fails to climb the rope, he notes that he should rest, but Sue disagrees. He is later seen eating lunch and states the best thing about being a dude, is that it isn’t lunch, but when she licks her lips, she can taste it all day, while other look disgusted. Sue informs that she blew the budget for getting new dancers for Myron's bar mitzvah, so he wants Sue, Will, Sam, Rachel and Sheldon to perform, so he reluctantly agrees. He is seen been choreographed by Will, before Will get's into a small argument and fight with Sue. He later performs Break Free with them.

The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester

Sheldon first appears during Geraldo Rivera's documental feature about Sue's life and lies. Sheldon, alongside Will, is one of the two people who defend Sue for her actions, saying that Sue was there for him when he was going through a difficult marriage with Cooter Menkins and his transition to male.

Sheldon appears when the Warblers and the New Directions are arguing whether to use a uniform at Sectionals or not, to inform them that they have a bigger problem than that: Sue has been hired as the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline.

We Built This Glee Club

He first appears when Spencer gets injured while in a dance practice. Later, he catches Sue and Vocal Adrenaline in the locker room. After he gets insulted by Sue and laughed at by Vocal Adrenaline, he sends them all off. Sheldon is later seen watching Sectionals, cheering and supporting the New Directions. At the end of the episode, he is seen celebrating New Directions' win at Sectionals in the choir room.

Dreams Come True

Sheldon was first seen in the auditorium, sitting with the grown-ups, as Sue gives a speech about how Will and his glee club's efforts changed her perspective about show choir, and generally, life. As Terri arrives, Sheldon shares the same feeling with the other grown-ups, surprised. He applauds as Sue renames the April Rhodes Civic Pavilion as Finn Hudson Auditorium. The New Directions, both old and new, are then introduced by Sue and starts to sing I Lived. Sheldon and the other grown-ups later on join the performance, which they all enjoy. At the end of the song, they all bow their heads, as a shot of the three plaques in the auditorium is shown, and the whole cast are heard laughing and cheering.

Personality
Sheldon appears to be a very intense and driven man, who wants to do whatever he can to train his players into being a formidable football team. However, he has also shown to be very sensitive because of being bullied as a child due to his large size, deep voice, and somewhat masculine appearance. Although Sheldon's coaching style can be stern at times, he is an incredibly gentle and loving person, even becoming a father figure to Puck, and for the rest of New Directions to a lesser extent. He has French heritage, as mentioned when he spells out his name. He also seems to enjoy music quite a bit, as he can be seen singing along to Need You Now and TiK ToK.

Relationships
Will Schuester=

(Willbeiste)

In Audition, Will initially teams up with Sue in an attempt to run Sheldon out of the school, fearing that his successful coaching strategies may have unfortunate consequences for the New Directions. Will later apologizes for treating Sheldon badly and they become good friends. They are occasionally seen eating lunchtogether in the faculty lounge, and they have worked together to teach lessons to their students and to counter Sue's scheming. In Never Been Kissed, Will gave Sheldon her first kiss, though their relationship is strictly platonic. In Shooting Star Sheldon did confess that she had romantic feelings for Will, (he thought that Will and Emma were broken up at the time). Although Sheldon was upset at first when Will did not return the feelings and explained that he and Emma had made up, it did not negatively effect their friendship. In Previously Unaired Christmas Sheldon and Will oversee auditions for the living nativity scene with Artie and take parts as Shepherds. Cooter Menkins=

(Shooter)

In The First Time, Sheldon mentions that he has feelings for Cooter, viewing him as the one "who brings out her girl." Unbeknownst to Sheldon, Cooter returns his feelings. Later in the episode, Cooter is persuaded to ask out Sheldon by Artie. Sheldon questions why he would want to go on a date with him, as he is the kind of man who can "have any pretty girl [he] points at." Cooter stresses that his feelings for Sheldon are genuine and they end up going on a date to the opening performance of "West Side Story." By the events of I Kissed a Girl, Sheldon and Cooter's relationship is in trouble, with Cooter opting to date Sue over Sheldon due to a lack of romantic connection with Sheldon. Sheldon is devastated, but vows to fight for Cooter's love, and sings Jolene. He succeeds in getting him back, and reveals in Yes/No that they got married.

In Choke, Sheldon reveals to Sue and Roz that Cooter hit him when he forgot to wash the dishes. Roz and Sue then tell Sheldon to move out as soon as possible, with Sue offering to let Sheldon live with her.

In Props, Sheldon leaves Cooter, realizing he should have never gone back to him.

Songs
S2=
 * Duets

S6=
 * Back-up singing
 * Solos (In a Group Number)

Trivia

 * His favorite kind of pizza is Hawaiian. (Props)
 * His favorite food is everything and his favourite Beatle is George. (Shooting Star)
 * He has a sister named Denise.
 * In college, he was in a production of A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum. He was the forum.
 * He had two prized donkeys named Kim and Khloe, though he ended up selling Kim. Their names are a possible reference to Kim and Khloe Kardashian.
 * He is often seen eating a whole chicken whenever he had a scene eating.
 * His first kiss was Will Schuester. (Never Been Kissed)
 * Unlike Ken, Sheldon actually loves football and is very committed to it.
 * He has a "little bit" of Jamaican in him. (Previously Unaired Christmas)
 * Beiste is one of two transgender characters on the show. The other is Unique Adams.
 * He is the only female-to-male transgender character.
 * In the original script for Dreams Come True, he became the assistant defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns. Source
 * His last name is from French descent.

Quotes
"Do not get up in The Panther's business, lady. You're all coffee and no omelette."

"The Glee Club?! You came in third last year and you're asking for more money? That's a steer with six teats and no oink! [makes squealing noise]"

"My name's Shannon Beiste, I'm the new football coach. Spelled B-E-I-S-T-E. It's French."

"Hand them out, Wayne Newton."

"All right boys its a pizza party. Dig in. Everyone has to eat four slices. Let's go! And when you're done, full pads out on the field. We're doing wind sprints. First 10 to puke are off the team."

"I run the S.S Kick-ass, not the S.S Backtalk"

"It's in your hands now, Lurch."

"I said say my name!"

"Watch your tone with me missy! You crap on my leg, I'll cut it off!"

"You guys have got to find a way to come together or we're gonna get our asses kicked from here until Tuesday finds a saddleback full of buckwheat!"

"Cooter: Who's gonna love you now? Sheldon: Me."

"Sheldon: He's dead. And all we've got left is his voice in our head. I'm sorry, but it's time. You've gotta be your own quarterback. Puck: Do you think we could retire his number. Kurt has his letterman jacket. Maybe we could frame it or something. Put it up in here. Other kids should know who he was years from now."