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{{Short description|American basketball coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Marsha Sharp
| image = Marsha Sharp former head coach of Texas Tech University's women's basketball team cropped.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Sharp at the 2013 [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association]] convention in New Orleans
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|08|31}}
| birth_place = [[Whidbey Island]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = [[Wayland Baptist University|Wayland Baptist College]]<br>[[West Texas A&M University|West Texas State University]]
<!-- Template:Infobox college coach conversion error: Template has player_teams but no player_years. -->
| player_team1 = [[Wayland Baptist Flying Queens basketball|Wayland Baptist]]
| player_years1 = 
| coach_years1 = 1981–1982
| coach_team1 = [[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech]] (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1982–2006
| coach_team2 = Texas Tech
| admin_years1 = 2011–present
| admin_team1 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders|Texas Tech]] (asst. AD)
| overall_record = 572–189 ({{Winning percentage|572|189}})
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = [[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament]] ([[1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1993]])<br>3 [[Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament|SWC women's basketball tournament]] ([[1992 SWC women's basketball tournament|1992]], [[1993 SWC women's basketball tournament|1993]], [[1995 SWC women's basketball tournament|1995]])<br>
2 [[Big 12 women's basketball tournament]] ([[1998 Big 12 women's basketball tournament|1998]], [[1999 Big 12 women's basketball tournament|1999]])<br>5 [[Southwest Conference|SWC]] Regular Season (1992–1996)<br>3 [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] Regular Season (1998, 1999, 2000)
| awards = 2× Big 12 Coach of the Year (1998, 1999)<br>6× SWC Coach of the Year (1983, 1991–1995) <br/>Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year (1995)
| coaching_records = 
| WBHOF = marsha-sharp
}}
[[File:Marsha Sharp Freeway, Lubbock, TX IMG 0231.JPG|thumb|The Marsha Sharp Freeway on [[U.S. Route 82 in Texas#Future|U.S. Highway 82]] in Lubbock]]
'''Marsha Sharp''' (born August 31, 1952)<ref name="NCAA Coaches"/> is the former head coach of [[Texas Tech University]]'s women's [[basketball]] team, the [[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Lady Raiders]]. She retired after 24 years at the conclusion of the 2005–06 season. Sharp was inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame ]]in 2003.

==Early life==
Sharp went to high school in [[Tulia, Texas]]. She graduated in 1974 from [[Wayland Baptist University]] in [[Plainview, Texas|Plainview]]. She procured her [[master's degree]] in 1976 from West Texas State University (now [[West Texas A&M University]]) in [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]].

==Coaching career==
She became the head coach of the Lady Raiders in 1982. For most of the 1980s, Sharp's Lady Raiders were the second-best team in the [[Southwest Conference]], behind the [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas Longhorns]] under [[Jody Conradt]].  However, they dominated the last years of the SWC's existence, winning the last five regular season titles in a row (four outright, one shared) and three conference tournaments.  Her best team was the 1992–93 unit, led by [[Sheryl Swoopes]], which won the first NCAA championship by a Texas Tech team in any sport.  After Texas Tech became a charter member of the [[Big 12 Conference]] in 1996, Sharp added three more regular season titles and two tournament titles.

Sharp's 24-year career won–lost records included a 258–89 record (.744 winning percentage) in conference play (Southwest Conference and Big 12 Conference combined) and a 572–189 record (.752 winning percentage) overall with no losing seasons.

In 2003, Sharp was inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbhof.com/inductees.html|title=WBHOF Inductees|publisher=WBHOF|access-date=2009-08-01}}</ref> The Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes on the campus of Texas Tech and the [[U.S. Route 82 in Texas#Future|Marsha Sharp Freeway]] in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]] are both named after Sharp.

Following Sharp's retirement from coaching, she was named Associate Athletic Director for Special Projects within the Texas Tech Athletic Department.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sharp takes leadership spot at Tech|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/article/20110922/SPORTS/309229830|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|language=en}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|conference =|postseason=|poll=both}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      =[[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech Lady Raiders]]
 | conference=[[Southwest Conference]]
 | startyear = 1982/83
 | endyear   = 1995/96
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1982–83 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1982–83]]
 | name         = [[1982–83 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 22–9
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = NWIT Fifth Place
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1983–84 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1983–84]]
 | name         = [[1983–84 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 23–7
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA first round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1984–85 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1984–85]]
 | name         = [[1984–85 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 24–8
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = NWIT Third Place
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1985–86 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1985–86]]
 | name         = [[1985–86 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 21–9
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1986–87]]
 | name         = [[1986–87 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 18–11
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1987–88]]
 | name         = [[1987–88 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 17–13
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1988–89 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1988–89]]
 | name         = [[1988–89 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 15–13
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1989–90]]
 | name         = [[1989–90 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 20–11
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA first round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1990–91 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1990–91]]
 | name         = [[1990–91 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 23–8
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA first round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1991–92 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1991–92]]
 | name         = [[1991–92 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 27–5
 | conference   = 13–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | championship = confboth
 | postseason   = [[1992 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1992–93 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1992–93]]
 | name         = [[1992–93 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 31–3
 | conference   = 13–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | championship = national
 | postseason   = [[1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1993–94 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1993–94]]
 | name         = [[1993–94 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 28–5
 | conference   = 12–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | championship = conference
 | postseason   = [[1994 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1994–95 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1994–95]]
 | name         = [[1994–95 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 33–4
 | conference   = 13–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | championship = confboth
 | postseason   = [[1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1995–96 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1995–96]]
 | name         = [[1995–96 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 27–5
 | conference   = 13–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | championship = conference
 | postseason   = [[1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      =[[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech Lady Raiders]]
 | conference=[[Big 12 Conference]]
 | startyear = 1996/97
 | endyear   = 2005/06
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1996–97 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1996–97]]
 | name         = [[1996–97 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 20–9
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = [[1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1997–98 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1997–98]]
 | name         = [[1997–98 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 26–5
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | championship = confboth
 | postseason   = [[1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1998–99 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1998–99]]
 | name         = [[1998–99 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 30–4
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | championship = confboth
 | postseason   = [[1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[1999–2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|1999–00]]
 | name         = [[1999–2000 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 28–5
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | championship = conference
 | postseason   = [[2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2000–01 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2000–01]]
 | name         = [[2000–01 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 25–7
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2001–02 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2001–02]]
 | name         = [[2001–02 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 20–12
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = [[2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2002–03 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2002–03]]
 | name         = [[2002–03 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 29–6
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2003–04 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2003–04]]
 | name         = [[2003–04 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 25–8
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = [[2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2004–05 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2004–05]]
 | name         = [[2004–05 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 24–8
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2005–06]]
 | name         = [[2005–06 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 15–14
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 5th
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Texas Tech
 | overall    = 571–189
 | confrecord = 257–89
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 571–189 ({{Winning percentage|571|189}})
 | poll     = 
 | polltype =
 | polltype2 =
}}

==Awards and honors==
* 1994—Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year<ref name="WBCA COY"/>
* 2003—[[Carol Eckman Award]]<ref name="Carol Eckman"/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="NCAA Coaches">{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball Coaches Career|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach|website=NCAA|access-date=25 Sep 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="WBCA COY">{{cite web|title=Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_coach-of-year_past|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=30 Jun 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Carol Eckman">{{cite web|title=Carol Eckman Award|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_carol-eckman|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=1 Jul 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715085310/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_carol-eckman|archive-date=2014-07-15}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
*[http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/sharp_marsha00.html Player Bio]
*[http://www.redraiders.com/coach/wbball/wbball_hcoach.shtml RedRaiders.com]
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