Kristen Sharkey
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Buffalo
| current_conference = MAC
| current_record = 0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})
| contract = $257,000{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_bdc51377-2a27-4851-a03d-d72103fa36c5.html|title=UB, women's basketball coach Kristen Sharkey agree to contract terms. Here's the details|date=April 23, 2025|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=May 10, 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424004205/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_bdc51377-2a27-4851-a03d-d72103fa36c5.html|archivedate=April 24, 2025}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|17}}
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| alma_mater = University at Buffalo
| player_years1 = 2010–2015
| player_team1 = Buffalo
| player_positions = Forward
| coach_years1 = 2015–2022
| coach_team1 = Buffalo (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 2022–2024
| coach_team2 = Syracuse (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 2024–2025
| coach_team3 = Syracuse (assoc. HC)
| coach_years4 = 2025–present
| coach_team4 = Buffalo
| overall_record = 0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})
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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.{{Cite web|title=Buffalo Women's Hoops Program Hires Former Player Kristen Sharkey to Replace Becky Burk|url=https://www.wktv.com/news/state/buffalo-womens-hoops-program-hires-former-player-kristen-sharkey-to-replace-becky-burke/article_bf854514-b6ef-5a8f-b58e-227946231944.html|access-date=May 4, 2025|date=April 18, 2025|language=en|website=WKTV}} She previously served as an assistant at Syracuse and Buffalo
{{Cite web|title=Buffalo hires former player Kristen Sharkey to replace Burke|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44733027/buffalo-hires-former-player-kristen-sharkey-replace-burke|website=ESPN|access-date=May 4, 2025|date=April 18, 2025|language=en}}
Early life and education
She is a 2010 graduate of Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, New Jersey.{{Cite web|title=Sharkey named 14th head women’s basketball coach|url=https://www.buffalo.edu/pss/news-home/gen_news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/ub-reporter-articles/stories/2025/04/sharkey-womens-basketball-coach.detail.html|website=University at Buffalo|access-date=May 4, 2025|date=April 18, 2025|language=en}}{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_e44e7135-659e-4783-9761-effda2459ee8.html|title=Courage before conviction: Kristen Sharkey made choices to help make UB women’s basketball its best|date=April 28, 2025|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=May 10, 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509062058/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_e44e7135-659e-4783-9761-effda2459ee8.html|archivedate=May 9, 2025}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Kristen Sharkey|url=https://ubbulls.com/staff-directory/kristen-sharkey/138|publisher=University at Buffalo|access-date=May 4, 2025|date=April 18, 2025|language=en|website=Buffalo Athletics}}
Coaching career
She began her coaching career at he 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.{{cite news |last1=Nicholas|first1=Alumkal |title=
Former SU assistant coach Kristen Sharkey hired as head coach at Buffalo |url=https://cuse.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/kristen-sharkey/5719 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Daily Orange |date=18 April 2025 |language=en-us}} When Legette-Jack took the head coach at position Syracuse Sharkey followed her as an assistant there for three seasons.{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Wilton |title=Syracuse Hires Program Legend As New Women's Basketball Coach |url=https://www.si.com/college/2022/03/26/felisha-legette-jack-hired-as-syracuse-womens-basketball-coach |access-date=26 March 2022 |work=Sports Illustrated |date=26 March 2022 |language=en-us}} For fer final year at Syracuse, she was named the program's associate head coach.{{cite news |last1=DeBarth |first1=Kaitlyn |title=Kristen Sharkey Has Been Promoted to Associate Head Coach of the Womens Basketball Program at Syracuse University |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/stafford-slash-lbi/articles/southern-regional-alum-kristen-sharkey-named-head-womens-basketball-coach-at-the-university-at-buffalo |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=tapinto.com |date=14 July 2024 |language=en-us}}
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On April 18, 2025 she returned to alma-mater as the school's 14th women's basketball head coach.{{cite news |title=Buffalo women’s hoops program hires former player Kristen Sharkey to replace Becky Burke|url=https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-womens-basketball-coach-6fa76841b293c46be4616e0531f8f7e7|access-date=May 4, 2025|date=April 18, 2025|website=AP News|language=en-us}}{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_29b3be3b-9c87-412e-a617-3514300ec6c2.html|title=‘It’s where I belong’: Kristen Sharkey hits the ground running as UB’s women’s basketball coach|date=April 23, 2025|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=May 10, 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504110807/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_29b3be3b-9c87-412e-a617-3514300ec6c2.html|archivedate=May 4, 2025}}
Head coaching record
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| season = 2025–26{{Cite web|title=2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule|url=https://ubbulls.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2025-26|website=Buffalo Athletics|language=en}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Buffalo
| overall = {{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}
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| overall = {{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}
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References
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External links
- [https://ubbulls.com/staff-directory/kristen-sharkey/138 Buffalo Bulls coaching bio]
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