Sharon Fanning

Sharon Fanning-Otis

Biographical details
Born	(1953-12-14) December 14, 1953
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975	Tennessee (GA)
1976–1987	Chattanooga
1987–1995	Kentucky
1995–2012	Mississippi State
Head coaching record
Overall	608–460 (.569)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WNIT Champions (1990) Southern Conference Champions (1982,1983,1984,1985,1986)
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (2000) Southern Conference Coach of the Year (1984,1985)

Sharon Cable Fanning-Otis (born December 15, 1954) is the former women's basketball program head coach at Mississippi State. During her 17-year head coach career with the Bulldogs, she had a 281–229 (.551) record. During her tenure, she posted 6 winning seasons and 7 postseason appearances. She led MSU to its inaugural appearance in the AP Final Poll, and to its first two 20-win seasons. The 2003 team went 24–8, and finished in the Top 10. For the 2004 season, MSU set a program record for longest winning streak at 12 games. She retired after the 2011–2012 season.

She attended Chattanooga High School, and later University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she played basketball and volleyball. She started her career as a graduate-assistant coach in 1975 at Tennessee. From 1976 to 1978, she served as the women's volleyball program head coach at UTC; she would serve as women's basketball program head coach until 1987. From 1987 to 1995 she served as the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball program head coach with an overall career record at 608–457.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Chattanooga Lady Mocs (Southern Conference) (1976–1987)
1976–1977	Chattanooga	20–13
1977–1978	Chattanooga	19–7
1978–1979	Chattanooga	20–13	3–0
1979–1980	Chattanooga	15–13	3–1
1980–1981	Chattanooga	19–9	2–1
1981–1982	Chattanooga	14–17	4–2
1982–1983	Chattanooga	18–11	8–2
1983–1984	Chattanooga	26–5	9–1		WNIT Finals
1984–1985	Chattanooga	16–13	11–1
1985–1986	Chattanooga	19–10	10–2
1986–1987	Chattanooga	7–20	3–9
Chattanooga:		193–131 (.596)	53–19 (.736)
Kentucky Wildcats (SEC) (1987–1995)
1987–1988	Kentucky	14–15	0–9
1988–1989	Kentucky	12–16	3–6
1989–1990	Kentucky	23–8	3–6		WNIT Champions
1990–1991	Kentucky	20–9	4–5		NCAA 1st Round
1991–1992	Kentucky	16–14	5–6
1992–1993	Kentucky	18–10	5–6
1993–1994	Kentucky	17–11	5–6
1994–1995	Kentucky	14–14	4–7
Kentucky:		134–97 (.580)	29–51 (.363)
Mississippi State (SEC) (1995–2012)
1995–1996	Mississippi State	13–14	4–7
1996–1997	Mississippi State	11–16	1–11
1997–1998	Mississippi State	14–15	4–10		WNIT First Round
1998–1999	Mississippi State	17–11	7–7		NCAA First Round
1999–2000	Mississippi State	24–8	8–6		NCAA 2nd Round
2000–2001	Mississippi State	17–14	4–10		WNIT Quarterfinals
2001–2002	Mississippi State	19–12	8–6	T-4th	NCAA 2nd Round
2002–2003	Mississippi State	24–8	10–4	3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
2003–2004	Mississippi State	14–15	7–7	T-7th
2004–2005	Mississippi State	17–11	6–8	6th	WNIT First Round
2005–2006	Mississippi State	6–22	1–13	12th
2006–2007	Mississippi State	17–13	7–8	6th	WNIT 2nd Round
2007–2008	Mississippi State	16–15	4–10	9th	WNIT 1st Round
2008–2009	Mississippi State	23–10	8–6	6th	NCAA 2nd Round
2009–2010	Mississippi State	21–12	9–7	T-3rd	NCAA Sweet 16
2010–2011	Mississippi State	13–17	4–12	11th
2011–2012	Mississippi State	14–16	4–10
Mississippi State:		281–232 (.548)	96–141 (.400)
Total:		608–460 (.569)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of college women's basketball coaches with 600 wins

External links

• MStateAthletics.com Bio