Tall Enough To Coach Elements of Leadership for Coaching and Life

Marsha Sharp has been the coach of the Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team for over twenty years, and this book traces Sharp's basketball journey from her West Texas beginnings through her 23rd season with the Lady Raiders. A 2003 inductee into the national Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Sharp has consistently guided her teams through numerous conference and post-season NCAA victories. The Lady Raiders have enjoyed a steady following of fan support, beginning with about 200 loyal fans when Sharp began to achieving consistent attendance of 14,000 fans per game in the 2003-2004 season. Her program has also recently been cited as the only women's program in the Big 12 Conference that is actually a revenue-producing program. Coach Sharp's philosophy focuses on the following simple elements: vision, recruiting, chemistry, success, adversity, tradition, and legacy, and this story examines the secrets of the Lady Raiders' success under Coach Sharp's careful guidance and passes along those insights to other coaches, fans, players and leaders in any arena who would appreciate guidelines for leadership which do not compromise integrity.Sharp, Marsha is the author of 'Tall Enough To Coach Elements of Leadership for Coaching and Life', published 2004 under ISBN 9781931721462 and ISBN 1931721467.