THE REAVES FILE

Personal Information

Full Name: Sharrona Reaves
Birthday: Oct. 1, 1971
Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tenn.
High School: Oakland H.S.
Education: Associate's in English, Okaloosa-Walton CC, 1992 - Bachelor's in communications, Univ. of Alabama, 1995

Coaching Experience

Tennessee Lady Vols

Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (2016-present)
Third season with the Lady Vols
Helped UT sign No. 1 class in the nation in 2017. No. 4 in 2018 and No. 8 in 2019.
Two-year record: 64-33

West Virginia University

Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (2013-16)
Three-year record: 78-30

College of Central Florida

Head Coach (2012-13)
One-year record: 7-22

Mississippi State University

Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (2008-10)
Two-year record: 44-23

LIU Post

Head Coach (2006-08)
Two-year record: 35-24

West Virginia University

Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (2003-06)
Three-year record: 57-37

Troy University

Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (1995-98)
Three-year record: 50-35

Collegiate Playing Experience

Alabama (1992-94)
Led Crimson Tide to two NCAA Tournament appearances
NCAA Final Four (1993-94)
Team Captain (1993-94)

A third-year member of the staff, Sharrona Reaves joined the Lady Vol basketball program on April 19, 2016, when Holly Warlick hired her as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

Reaves wasted little time demonstrating her abilities, spearheading Tennessee's approach in signing the No. 1 recruiting class with the 2017 group of Evina Westbrook, Anastasia Hayes, Rennia Davis and Kasiyahna Kushkituah. She followed that with the No. 4-rated group in 2018, including Rae Burrell, Mimi Collins, Zaay Green and Jazmine Massengill, and the No. 8 class in 2019, including No. 2-ranked recruit Jordan Horston and 6-foot-5 inside players Tamari Key and Emily Saunders. Eight of those 11 were McDonald's All-Americans.

A native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Reaves spent the previous three seasons at West Virginia University, serving as an assistant coach and as head coach Mike Carey’s recruiting coordinator. While there she had the opportunity to direct and mentor players at every position on the floor.

During Reaves' recent stint in Morgantown, the Mountaineers forged a 78-30 record, including a No. 2 NCAA seed; a Big 12 regular season title and 30-5 record in 2013-14; a WNIT runner-up finish in 2014-15 and an NCAA second round outcome in 2015-16 as a No. 6 seed.

One of Reaves' pupils, Bria Holmes, became the program's highest-ranked WNBA Draft pick in 2016, going in the first round with the 11th pick to the Atlanta Dream. Another WVU player, Asya Bussie, was the No. 15 pick of the Minnesota Lynx in 2014.

With Reaves directing the recruiting efforts, WVU signed the 2016 WBCA Junior/Community College Player of the Year. Her abilities in that area have enabled the Mountaineers to land strong recruiting classes in not only her current stint with the team but also in a previous stop at the school.

Reaves returned to the WVU staff in May 2013 after serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under Carey from 2003-06. In her previous three seasons with the Mountaineer program, Reaves helped recruit two top-20 recruiting classes, including the signing of Mountaineer standout Olayinka Sanni, who went on to win a WNBA title with the Detroit Shock. She helped WVU to the Big East Conference Tournament finals in 2006, assisted in the WNIT finals in 2005 and was part of back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2004 and 2005. In addition to 21 wins in 2004, the Mountaineers advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 1992 season.

After leaving Morgantown in 2006, Reaves became the head coach at NCAA Division II's Long Island University C.W. Post (now LIU Post). Under her guidance, Post had two consecutive winning seasons in 2006-07 and 2007-08, giving the Pioneers their first back-to-back winning seasons in 14 years. In her first season at C.W. Post, Reaves led her team to the East Coast Conference Championship game, losing by one point to defending conference champion New Haven. In 2008, she led the squad to a third-place finish in the East Coast Conference.

From 2008-10, Reaves was assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on the Mississippi State women's basketball staff, helping guide the 2009 Lady Bulldogs to the NCAA Second Round and the 2010 squad to their first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.

Following her time with Mississippi State, Reaves left coaching to serve a short stint as the Compliance Coordinator at Alabama State University. Reaves returned to the coaching ranks soon after, as she took the head coaching position at the College of Central Florida for the 2012-13 season before returning to WVU the following season.

Reaves began her coaching journey in 1995, serving three seasons at Troy University as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. In her second season with the program, Reaves helped the Trojans claim the 1997 Mid-Continent Conference Championship, which was the first in school history. In that same season, the Trojans posted a 23-7 record and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. She then served as an assistant coach and recruiter at California-Berkeley in 1998.

Prior to her first stint at WVU, Reaves spent a season coaching seventh and eighth grade girls' basketball at University School of Nashville and worked in the business sector.

After her high school days at Murfreesboro Oakland, Reaves (the former Sharrona Alexander) was a forward at Alabama and helped guide the Crimson Tide to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances, including the Sweet 16 in 1992-93 and the Final Four in 1993-94. She was a team captain as a senior.

Reaves graduated from Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, Florida, with an associate's degree in English in 1992, prior to earning a bachelor's of communication degree in 1995 from Alabama. Reaves has two children, Kenden and Kimora.