Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Buffalo |
Conference | MAC |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Annual salary | $257,000 [1] |
Biographical details | |
Born | January 17, 1992 |
Playing career | |
2010–2015 | Buffalo |
Position(s) | Forward |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2015–2022 | Buffalo (asst.) |
2022–2024 | Syracuse (asst.) |
2024–2025 | Syracuse (assoc. HC) |
2025–present | Buffalo |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–0 (–) |
Kristen Sharkey (born January 17, 1992) is an American women's basketball coach who is currently the women's basketball head coach at the University at Buffalo. [2] She previously served as an assistant at Syracuse and Buffalo [3]
She is a 2010 graduate of Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, New Jersey. [4] [5] From 2010 to 2015 she attended Buffalo where she played basketball and was a two-time All-MAC selection. While at Buffalo she earned bachelor’s degree in psychology and an MBA in 2021. [6]
She began her coaching career at her alma-mater in 2015 under her former coach Felisha Legette-Jack. In her tenure at Buffalo the Bulls made the NCAA tournament four times including a sweet 16 appearance in 2018. [7] When Legette-Jack took the head coach at position Syracuse Sharkey followed her as an assistant there for three seasons. [8] For fer final year at Syracuse, she was named the program's associate head coach. [9]
On April 18, 2025 she returned to alma-mater as the school's 14th women's basketball head coach. [10] [11]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Buffalo (Mid-American Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
2025–26 [12] | Buffalo | – | – | ||||||
Buffalo: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 0–0 (–) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |