Sherri Coale
Sherri Coale
Sherri Kay Coale is the current head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team...
absolutely alive atmosphere eight elite emotion emotions energy environment final four game great passion sends
What a great preparatory environment for postseason play. We're going to get all the energy and passion and emotion from an Elite Eight game that sends you to the Final Four or the atmosphere of a Final Four. It will be absolutely alive in there.
anne coach courtney floor nancy next watched
I just watched film of Anne Donovan and Nancy Lieberman and Cheryl Miller, and I've never been on the floor next to them when they played. But I've never in my 10 years as coach been on the floor with anything like Courtney Paris.
exploit gary knows risk survive
If you can survive all that heat, you can exploit on the back side. Gary knows that. It's a risk he takes.
ability anybody bad felt head left message might path send taste ultimate
I wouldn't say it left a bad taste in my mouth. But I felt like it negated our ability to send a really resounding message to anybody who might be in our path as we head to our ultimate goal.
courtney leadership learning open role team wants willing works
There's nothing about Courtney that's typical. She works hard, has been willing to take on a leadership role as a freshman, is open to learning new things every day and wants to make her team better.
adjusting altitude bit carried coming crew good half momentum second time took trouble
I thought our crew was good once we got going. We had a little trouble adjusting to the altitude at the beginning. It took us a little bit to get our second wind. We carried some momentum into half time and I thought we were really good coming out in the second half.
courtney
Without Ashley, I don't think Courtney would have done the things she did this year.
changes guys minute quite rebound
We're quite different. When these guys are getting a rebound a minute ... it changes everything.