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Sha-Teisa Sharpe
Sha-Teisa Sharpe
  • Title:
    Assistant Coach
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Sha-Teisa Sharpe enters her second season on the UNC Asheville staff in 2025-26. 

The Bulldogs won four games in Sharpe's first season on staff. The Bulldogs picked up their first win at Asheville on Dec. 4 as the Bulldogs thumped Warren Wilson 98-23, before Asheville beat Brevard 79-45 on Dec. 30 for their second win. Asheville picked up its first Big South Conference win under Lewis on Feb. 26 at Presbyterian by a score of 67-60, before upending the Blue Hose again in the Big South Conference Tournament 69-63. Sharpe coached Dakota McCaughan who earned Big South Conference Player of the Week honors on Dec. 2 on a career-best 29 points on a career-best 9-16 from beyond the arc at Tennessee State. McCaughan was named to the Big South Conference All-Academic Team, while she and Skylar Bailey were both named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selections. The team also earned academic special mention from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Sharpe joined Tynesha Lewis's staff at UNC Asheville in September 2024. 

Sharpe coached one season with Lewis at Division II Elizabeth City State, after serving as the Assistant Coach at Hertford County High School. 

Sharpe is a current Staff Sargeant in the North Carolina National Guard, and has also worked with the Hertford County Special Olympics. Among other roles, she has served Hertford County Public Schools in various capacities such as health and physical education teacher and Athletics First Responder. 

Sharpe holds a Bachelor's of Science in Health and Physical Education from Elizabeth City State along with a Master's of Science in Sports Management from Liberty University. 
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