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2011 -- present texas tech -lrb- asst. ad -rrb- ncaa -rrb- swc women 's basketball tournament -lrb- 1992 , 1993 women , 1995 -rrb- 's division i basketball tournament -lrb- 1993 1981 -- 1982 1982 -- 2006 whidbey island , washington 572 -- 189 -lrb- 572 189 -rrb- texas tech -lrb- asst. -rrb- texas tech big 1999 -rrb- swc coach of the year -lrb- 1983 , 12 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 -rrb- coach russell athletic/wbca national coach of the year 1995 of the year -lrb- 1998 , basketball 31 august 1952 wayland baptist marsha 's women 's basketball team cropped.jpg sharp former head coach of texas tech university marsha sharp
 marsha sharp wayland baptist college west texas state university
marsha sharp

marsha sharp -lrb- born august 31 , 1952 -rrb- is the former head coach of texas tech university 's women 's basketball team , the lady raiders .
she retired after 23 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 -lrb- now west texas a&m university -rrb- in canyon .
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 under jody conradt .
however , they dominated the last years of the swc 's existence , winning the last five regular season titles in a row -lrb- four outright , one shared -rrb- 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 23-year career won -- lost records included a 258 -- 89 record -lrb- .744 winning percentage -rrb- in conference play -lrb- southwest conference and big 12 conference combined -rrb- and a 572 -- 189 record -lrb- .752 winning percentage -rrb- overall .
in 2003 , sharp was inducted into the women 's basketball hall of fame .
the marsha sharp center for student-athletes on the campus of texas tech and the marsha sharp freeway in 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 .
