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One of the top assistant coaches in collegiate golf, Brian Sharp is in his
14th season at Virginia Tech and in July 2008 was promoted to associate head
coach. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1995 with a degree in finance and
received his MBA from the Pamplin College of Business in 2006. During his
career with the Hokies, he was a four-year letterwinner on the golf team.
Sharp was named the recipient of the 2009 Jan Strickland Award presented
by TaylorMade-Adidas to the Assistant Coach of the Year, as selected by
the Golf Coaches Association of America. The Strickland Award is given to
the NCAA Division I, II, III or NAIA assistant coach that, among other things,
has excelled in working with their student-athletes both on the course and
in the classroom. He received the award at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf
Championship banquet at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, where Jack
Nicklaus was the keynote speaker.
The Strickland Award recipient is invited to serve as the assistant coach on
the following year’s Palmer Cup team, and Sharp traveled to Portrush, Ireland
and historic Royal Portrush Golf Club for the event in 2010. The United States
team defeated Europe 13-11, their first victory on foreign soil since 2002.
Sharp was also named
to the Virginia Tech Sports
Hall of Fame in 2009.
During Sharp’s playing
career at Virginia Tech,
he won four collegiate
events, including the 1995
Metro Conference Golf
Championship as a senior.
He left Virginia Tech as the
all-time leader in career
scoring for the Hokies,
with a four-year average of
74.14. He also finished his
Tech career with the most
rounds played, and started
in the number-one position
in every tournament during
that time. Sharp is the only
Tech golfer to be both
four-time all-conference
and first team all-state. In
addition, he was named
to the NCAA All-District
Brian Sharp with his wife, Margaret, and
children Meredith Hertweck and Cameron.
Coach Sharp receives the Jan
Strickland National Assistant
Coach of the Year Award from golf
legend Jack Nicklaus.
ASSOCIATE
HEAD COACH
BRIAN SHARP