Sharon Beverly

Sharon Beverly is the Vice President of athletics and recreation at the University of Hartford.[1][2] Beverly was also a former professional basketball player in France and the United States.[3][4]

Sharon Beverly
Current position
TitleVice president of athletics and recreation
TeamHartford
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1988Queens Knights
1988–1999Fairleigh Dickinson
2000–2002NJIT Highlanders
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2021–presentHartford (VP of athletics and recreation)
Head coaching record
Overall126–175 (.419)

Education

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]

Career

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 & Physical Education at Vassar College.[4][6] In 2010, she was named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Woman Administrator of the Year.[3][7]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (Northeast Conference) (1989–1999)
1988–89 Fairleigh Dickinson 13–1410–65th
1989–90 Fairleigh Dickinson 17–139–73rd
1990–91 Fairleigh Dickinson 11–168–87th
1991–92 Fairleigh Dickinson 23–613–32nd
1992–93 Fairleigh Dickinson 15–1214–4T–1st
1993–94 Fairleigh Dickinson 3–242–1610th
1994–95 Fairleigh Dickinson 6–214–149th
1995–96 Fairleigh Dickinson 12–158–10T–6th
1996–97 Fairleigh Dickinson 13–149–94th
1997–98 Fairleigh Dickinson 6–216–107th
1998–99 Fairleigh Dickinson 7–196–1410th
Fairleigh Dickinson: 126–175 (.419)89–101 (.468)
Total:126–175 (.419)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Beverly is married to the former American football player Randy Beverly.[3]

References
  1. "UHart Names Sharon Beverly Acting Vice President of Athletics and Recreation". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. "Sharon Beverly Named Vice President of Athletics and Recreation". www.hartford.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  3. "Dr. Sharon Beverly - Vice President, Athletics & Recreation - Staff Directory". University of Hartford Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  4. "Dr. Sharon Beverly, Class of 1979". Queens College. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  5. "Sharon Beverly's First Love? Basketball". NPR. October 29, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  6. "TCNJ's Sharon Beverly started in a game that made history at the Garden | News". Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  7. "Dr. Sharon Beverly". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  8. "Sharon Beverly (2012) - FDU Hall of Fame". FDU Knights Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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