Sherri Coale
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| Sport(s) | Women's basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current position | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Head coach | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 420-205 (.672) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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January 19, 1965 Healdton, Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–current | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 420-205 (.672) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sherri Kay Coale (born January 19, 1965) is the current head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team.
Personal
Coale grew up in Healdton, Oklahoma and married Dane Scott Coale (born 1964) on June 20, 1987. The couple has two children, son Colton (born 1992) and daughter, Chandler (born 1996). Coale has one brother, Jack. Their parents are Beverly Stash and Joe Buben.
Sherri completed her undergraduate studies at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1987. There she played on the school's Lady Eagles basketball team as a guard.
Coale was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.[1]
Coaching career
Sherri Coale accepted her current position in 1996. She went directly from a high school squad (having coached the previous 6 years at the local Norman High School)[2] to an NCAA Division I team. She took over a team in turmoil at Oklahoma and brought it into the national spotlight in 2002 when her team went to the National Championship game.[3]
In 2005–2006 Coale's Sooners went 16–0 in Big 12 play and became the second Big 12 basketball team, men's or women's, to go undefeated in conference play. The University of Kansas men's basketball team went undefeated in Big 12 play in the 2001–2002 season. In 2008 the Sooners finished tied with two other teams for 3rd in the Big 12 Conference and were knocked out by Missouri in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
USA Basketball
Coale was named as assistant coach of the USA team which would compete at the Junior World Championship in Brno, Czech Republic during July of 2001. The team won their first five games, including a record setting win against Mali. The 97–27 final score represented the largest margin of victory by a USA team in Junior World Championship history. The preliminary round results qualified the team for the medal rounds, where they faced the host team, the Czech Republic. With a home crowd cheering them on, the Czech team held a nine point lead with just over six minutes to go. The USA team cut the lead down to three points with seconds to go, and good defense gave the ball back to the USA. However,the USA was called for an offensive foul, and lost possession. The Czech Republic team won 92–88, and went on to beat Russia 82–80 to win the gold medal. The USA team beat Czech Republic 77–72 to won the bronze medal. Diana Taurasi was the leading scorer for the USA with 19.3 points per game, while Alana Beard was close behind with 18.0 points per game. Nicole Powell was the leading rebounder for the USA, with seven rebounds per game.[4]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Oklahoma (Big 12) (1996–Present) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | Oklahoma | 5–22 | 1–15 | 12th | |||||
| 1997–98 | Oklahoma | 8–19 | 2–12 | T-9th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Oklahoma | 15–14 | 8–8 | T-5th | WNIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 1999–00 | Oklahoma | 25–8 | 13–3 | T-1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2000–01 | Oklahoma | 28–6 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2001–02 | Oklahoma | 32–4 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA Runner Up | ||||
| 2002–03 | Oklahoma | 19–13 | 9–7 | T-5th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2003–04 | Oklahoma | 24–9 | 9–7 | 6th | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2004–05 | Oklahoma | 17–13 | 8–8 | T-6th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2005–06 | Oklahoma | 31–5 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2006–07 | Oklahoma | 28–5 | 13–3 | T-1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2007–08 | Oklahoma | 22–9 | 11–5 | T-3rd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2008–09 | Oklahoma | 32–5 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| 2009–10 | Oklahoma | 27–11 | 11–5 | T-2nd | NCAA Final Four | ||||
| 2010–11 | Oklahoma | 23-12 | 10–6 | 3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2011–12 | Oklahoma | 21-13 | 11-7 | T-2nd | NCAA 2nd round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Oklahoma | 24-11 | 11-8 | T-3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2013–14 | Oklahoma | 18-15 | 9-9 | T-5th | NCAA 1st round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Oklahoma | 21-11 | 13-5 | 2nd | |||||
| Oklahoma: | 420-205 (.672) | 199-112 (.640) | |||||||
| Total: | 420-205 (.672) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ Nykolaiszyn, Juliana (August 29, 2007). "Oral history interview with Sherri Coale". Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ↑ Emig, Geurin. "OU basketball coach Sherri Coale honored to be Iba Awards keynote speaker". tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ↑ "Sherri Coale School Bio". soonersports.com. The University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ↑ "FIFTH FIBA WOMEN'S U19/JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 2001".
- Davis, Dwayne (22–28 October 2009), "Queen of the Court", Urban Tulsa Weekly 19 (20), archived from the original on 2009-10-27, retrieved 2009-10-27
- Tramel, Berry. "Oklahoma women's basketball: Sherri Coale is more than a coach, she's an icon for OU". newsok.com. NewsOK. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- "Sherri Coale to coach United States". espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
| Preceded by Burl Plunkett |
Oklahoma Women's Basketball Head Coach 1996–present |
Succeeded by current |
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