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Coale Introduced With OK Sports HoF 2020 Class
February 27, 2020 | Women's Basketball
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame introduced Oklahoma head women's basketball coach Sherri Coale and six others as members of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020 on Thursday.
Joining Coale in the 2020 class, which will be formally inducted in August, are former Oklahoma State University wrestler and coach Tommy Chesbro, University of Central Oklahoma athletics director and former wrestling coach Eddie Griffin, former OU men's basketball All-American Stacey King, former Oklahoma City University basketball standout Hubert F. "Hub" Reed, former NFL coach and OSU graduate Buddy Ryan and Lee Allan Smith, who has been responsible for bringing many major sporting events to Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City metro area.
"I feel honored to be recognized today and I feel like I'm a representation of girls and women's basketball across the state of Oklahoma," said Coale. "I get the unique opportunity to represent our unique heritage there.
"What I've found throughout my career of playing basketball and being involved in basketball is that it has the power to unite small towns, college campuses and states. To be involved in a sport that has the power to inspire, unite and encourage is just the honor of a lifetime, and to be recognized with [this class] is surreal in many ways."
Coale is in her 24th season at Oklahoma. She has guided the Sooners to a 501-278 record in that time, including 19 NCAA Tournament appearances since 2000 and three Final Four berths. Coale has guided her teams to six Big 12 regular season championships and four Big 12 tournament titles. She has been named Big 12 Coach of the Year four times.
The Healdton, Okla., native has coached four first-team All-Americans, six Big 12 Players of the Year and 14 WNBA Draft selections. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Joining Coale in the 2020 class, which will be formally inducted in August, are former Oklahoma State University wrestler and coach Tommy Chesbro, University of Central Oklahoma athletics director and former wrestling coach Eddie Griffin, former OU men's basketball All-American Stacey King, former Oklahoma City University basketball standout Hubert F. "Hub" Reed, former NFL coach and OSU graduate Buddy Ryan and Lee Allan Smith, who has been responsible for bringing many major sporting events to Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City metro area.
"I feel honored to be recognized today and I feel like I'm a representation of girls and women's basketball across the state of Oklahoma," said Coale. "I get the unique opportunity to represent our unique heritage there.
"What I've found throughout my career of playing basketball and being involved in basketball is that it has the power to unite small towns, college campuses and states. To be involved in a sport that has the power to inspire, unite and encourage is just the honor of a lifetime, and to be recognized with [this class] is surreal in many ways."
Coale is in her 24th season at Oklahoma. She has guided the Sooners to a 501-278 record in that time, including 19 NCAA Tournament appearances since 2000 and three Final Four berths. Coale has guided her teams to six Big 12 regular season championships and four Big 12 tournament titles. She has been named Big 12 Coach of the Year four times.
The Healdton, Okla., native has coached four first-team All-Americans, six Big 12 Players of the Year and 14 WNBA Draft selections. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
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