| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
|---|---|
| 1982–1988 | Queens (NY) |
| 1988–1999 | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| 2000–2002 | NJIT Highlanders |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2021–present | Hartford |
Sharon Beverly is and American former women's college basketball coach and athletics administrator. She served as the athletic director at the University of Hartford from 2021 to 2023. [1] [2] Beverly was also a former professional basketball player in France and the United States. [3] [4]
In 2010, Beverly earned her doctorate degree in Leadership for Higher Education. [4] [5] Her dissertation was about why few female athletes ended up becoming coaches. Some of the reasons women gave for not pursuing a career in coaching were perceived poor pay and a lack of visible women in those positions. [5]
Beverly played basketball while an undergraduate at Queens College, playing with the team in the first women’s basketball game to be held at Madison Square Garden before graduating in 1979. [4] [6] After college, Beverly played professionally in France and for the New Jersey Gems, a team in the Women’s Professional Basketball League (WBL). [4] [7]
Beverly went on to become an assistant coach at Queens College before becoming head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson women’s basketball team. [2] [8] She later coached for the New Jersey Institute of Technology, before becoming Associate Athletics Director and later director of athletics and physical education at Vassar College. [4] [6] In 2010, she was named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Woman Administrator of the Year. [3] [7]
Beverly is married to the former American football player Randy Beverly. [3]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (Northeast Conference)(1989–1999) | |||||||||
| 1988–89 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 13–14 | 10–6 | 5th | |||||
| 1989–90 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 17–13 | 9–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 1990–91 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 11–16 | 8–8 | 7th | |||||
| 1991–92 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 23–6 | 13–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1992–93 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 15–12 | 14–4 | T–1st | |||||
| 1993–94 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 3–24 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
| 1994–95 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 6–21 | 4–14 | 9th | |||||
| 1995–96 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 12–15 | 8–10 | T–6th | |||||
| 1996–97 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 13–14 | 9–9 | 4th | |||||
| 1997–98 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 6–21 | 6–10 | 7th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 7–19 | 6–14 | 10th | |||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson: | 126–175 (.419) | 89–101 (.468) | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||