Stephanie Sharpe begins her fourth season as the full-time assistant coach, for Athletic Performance at Tarleton State University. Tarleton State is a public, NCAA Division II University, which competes athletically in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) and is a member of the Texas A&M University System, located in Stephenville, TX.

At Tarleton, Sharpe is in charge of all strength and conditioning activities for baseball, softball, track and field, and cross country. She also assists with all facets of football, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, and program administration. Sharpe has been blessed to have been involved with 5 Lone Star Conference Championship teams, (Women Sports: Cross Country x2, Basketball; Men Sports: Baseball, Football), 1 Bowl Game and coached over a half dozen All-American Track athletes, while at Tarleton.
During the Spring of 2018, Sharpe participated with the National Football League (NFL) after being selected by the Atlanta Falcons, as the NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship recipient. She traveled to Flowery Branch, GA and for the first four weeks of the Falcons’ Organized Team Activities (OTAs) she participated as the strength & conditioning intern, a most exciting a humbling experience as it was the first for a female strength & conditioning coach.

Sharpe was selected by a second team for this amazing NFL coaching fellowship and traveled to Richmond, VA in July 2018 to take part in the Washington Redskins’ first two weeks of Training Camp, also as a strength & conditioning intern. Both the Falcons and Redskins allowed her the opportunities of a lifetime, as she gained experience by observing and participating with both teams of athletes and fellow colleagues, who were pivotal in her coaching development, as she had always desired to work in the National Football League. Sharpe has been vocally thankful for the opportunity established by the NFL as well as the support from Tarleton State, both of whom allowed her as a collegiate strength & conditioning coach a valued professional development opportunity.
Prior to her start at Tarleton State, Sharpe spent the previous seven years at NCAA Division I Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. While at Tulane, Sharpe was the second assistant strength coach for football while also working with men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field and cross country, baseball, softball, volleyball, swimming, diving, and bowling throughout her tenure.

Sharpe is a native of New Orleans, LA. Along with her experience she holds is a conscientious student of her craft, holding various credentials that validate her provide evidence of her thirst for knowledge and continued education. She is SCCC certified with the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association, CSCS certified with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and is a certified Sport Performance Coach with USA Weightlifting. She received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University in New Orleans, served as graduate intern at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received her graduate degree in Kinesiology from Tarleton State. She is currently working toward a master’s degree in business administration at Tarleton State University.

Sharpe values her faith and family above any of the things accomplished and never hesitates to acknowledge the blessing it has been for her to have standards set in her life. Particularly with regards to the examples of prayer, determination and work ethic required to obtain any accomplishment. She strives to be a force while also remaining humble while serving in various capacities within her profession to support student and professional athletes, colleagues and peers.