Dec 19, 2017; Uncasville, CT, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Sherri Coale watches from the sideline as they take on the Connecticut Huskies in the first half at Mohegan Sun Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
As the men’s Oklahoma basketball team was busily preparing for March Madness, even bigger news was coming out of the other side of the Lloyd Noble Center.
Sherri Coale, the longtime head coach of the Sooner women’s program, announced on Wednesday that she was retiring after 25 seasons leading the Lady Sooners.
When Coale took over the head-coaching duties at an Oklahoma program that was close to relegation in the mid-1990s, little did she know that she was looking at a stay that would span 25 seasons.