Marsha Sharp
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Marsha Sharp (born August 31, 1952)[2] is the former head coach of Texas Tech University's women's basketball team, the Lady Raiders. She retired after twenty-three years at the conclusion of the 2005/06 season.
Sharp went to high school in Tulia, Texas. She graduated in 1974 from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview. She procured her master's degree in 1976 from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) in Canyon. She became the head coach of the Lady Raiders in 1982. Under her leadership, the team won eight conference championships and a national title.
In 2003, Sharp was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.[3] The Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes on the campus of Texas Tech and the Marsha Sharp Freeway in Lubbock are both named in her honor.
Following Sharp's retirement from coaching, she was named Associate Athletic Director for Special Projects within the Texas Tech Athletic Department.
References
- ^ Player Bio: Marsha Sharp, Marsha Sharp Biography.
- ^ Net Detective, People Search
- ^ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Retrieved 2009-08-01.