Background
Coale grew up in Healdton, Oklahoma and married Dane Scott Coale (born 1964) on June 20, 1987.
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Coale grew up in Healdton, Oklahoma and married Dane Scott Coale (born 1964) on June 20, 1987.
Sherri completed her undergraduate studies at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1987.
Coale has one brother, Jack. Their parents are Beverly Stash and Joe Buben. There she played on the school"s Lady Eagles basketball team as a guard.
Coale was inducted into the Oklahoma Women"s Hall of Fame in 2007.
Sherri Coale accepted her current position in 1996. She went directly from a high school squad (having coached the previous 6 years at the local Norman High School) to an National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team
She took over a team in turmoil at Oklahoma and brought it into the national spotlight in 2002 when her team went to the National Championship game. In 2005–2006 Coale"s Sooners went 16–0 in Big 12 play and became the second Big 12 basketball team, men"s or women"s, to go undefeated in conference play.
The University of Kansas men"s basketball team went undefeated in Big 12 play in the 2001–2002 season.
In 2008 the Sooners finished tied with two other teams for 3rd in the Big 12 Conference and were knocked out by Missouri in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. Coale was named as assistant coach of the United States of America team which would compete at the Junior World Championship in Brno, Czechoslovakian Republic during July 2001. The 97–27 final score represented the largest margin of victory by a United States of America team in Junior World Championship history.
The preliminary round results qualified the team for the medal rounds, where they faced the host team, the Czechoslovakian Republic.
With a home crowd cheering them on, the Czechoslovakian team held a nine-point lead with just over six minutes to go. The United States of America team cut the lead down to three points with seconds to go, and good defense gave the ball back to the United States of America. However,the United States of America was called for an offensive foul, and lost possession.
Diana Taurasi was the leading scorer for the United States of America with 19.3 points per game, while Alana Beard was close behind with 18.0 points per game. Nicole Powell was the leading rebounder for the United States of America, with seven rebounds per game.
Board directors American Cancer Society. Member Coaches versus Cancer, Westside Church of Christ, Norman. Volunteer Children's Miracle Network.
Member National Education Association, Women's Basketball Coaches Association, Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association, Okal. Coaches Association, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Norman Optimists, Oklahoma Education Association, Professional Educators of Norman.
Married Dane Coale; children: Colton, Chandler.