Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Linda K. Sharp
Linda K. Sharp enters her fifth season at the helm of the Concordia women's basketball program. Sharp has posted a winning record in each of her four seasons at CUA, after inheriting her first squad two weeks before the 2001 season opener and guiding that Tornados team to their first winning season in school history.

Prior to Concordia, Sharp coached at the University of Southern California from 1976-1989, where she achieved a 271-99 record and led her teams to four NCAA Final Four appearances, including back-to-back National Championship squads in 1983 and 1984. Sharp coached some star-studded teams during her time at USC including such players as Cheryl Miller and Cynthia Cooper. After leaving USC Coach Sharp coached at Southwest Texas State University from 1989-1997 where she won 138 games and lost 85 in eight seasons. She ranks among the Top 50 All-Time among NCAA coaches in wins (409) and winning percentage (.718) for her twenty one years at USC and SWT.

Sharp has coached at the WNBA level as well. She coached the Los Angeles Sparks in 1997, the WNBA's inaugural year. Sharp then assisted her former pupil, Cheryl Miller with the Phoenix Mercury in 2000. Coach Sharpe then became the Head Coach of the Phoenix Mercury during the remainder of the 2002 season after Cynthia Cooper resigned the position. Coach Sharp was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in June of 2001.