Derrick Sharp

Derrick Sharp
	Sharp with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2006
Personal information
Born	October 5, 1971 (age 52); Orlando, Florida
Nationality	American / Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Maynard Evans (Orlando, Florida)
College	Brevard CC (1989–1991); South Florida (1991–1993);
undrafted
Playing career	1993–2011
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	6
Coaching career	2011–2013
Career history
As player:
1993–1994	Maccabi Hadera
1994–1996	Beitar Migdal-HaEmek
1996–2011	Maccabi Tel Aviv
As coach:
2011–2013	Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player 2× 2005); FIBA SuproLeague champion (2001); 13× Israeli League champion (1997–2007, 2009, 2011); 11× Israeli State Cup winner (1998–2006, 2010, 2011); 2× Israeli League Cup winner (2007, 2010); Israeli League Rising Star (1997); Maccavi Tel Aviv's 11 Greatest Players (2009); Israeli League 2000–2010 All-Decade Team (2010); As assistant coach: 2× Israeli League champion (2011, 2012); 3× Israeli Cup champion (2011–2013); 3× Israeli League champion (2011–2013); 2012);

Derrick Lanorris Sharp (Hebrew: דריק שארפ; born October 5, 1971) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.85 metres (6 feet 1 inch) tall,^[1] he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

He played with the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club for 15 years, spending part of the time as the team's captain, and also later served as the team's assistant coach under David Blatt. With Maccabi, he won a record 29 club titles. In July 2011, Sharp retired from playing professional basketball.^[2] After he retired from playing, he remained with Maccabi Tel Aviv, working as an assistant coach with the club, until August 2013.^[2]

High school

Sharp, who was born in Orlando, Florida, attended Evans High School, in Orlando. At Evans High, he played high school basketball.

College career

After high school, Sharp played

Brevard Community College, from 1989 to 1991. He then played college basketball at the University of South Florida, where he played with the South Florida Bulls, from 1991 to 1993.^[3]

Professional playing career

Sharp joined Maccabi Hadera, which was playing in the Israeli 2nd Division at the time, for the 1993–94 season. From 1994 to 1996, he played with Hapoel Migdal-HaEmek, which competed in the Israeli 2nd Division in the 1994–95 season, and in the Israeli 3rd Division, in the 1995–96 season. Sharp then made the big jump in his career, when he moved to the most well-known team in Israel – Maccabi Tel Aviv.

With Maccabi Tel Aviv, Sharp won 13

three-pointer, forcing overtime. Maccabi Tel Aviv won that game, and advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four, which was held in Tel Aviv

that year. The team eventually became the EuroLeague champions.

In July 2011, Sharp retired from playing professional basketball, at the age of 39.[2]^[4] In total, Sharp played professional basketball in Israel for 18 years, spending 15 of them with Maccabi Tel Aviv.^[2]^[4] Sharp finished his playing career ranked seventh all-time on Maccabi Tel Aviv's career scoring list in European-wide games. In the EuroLeague, he scored a total of 1,755 points, in 290 games played, for a career scoring average of 6.1 points per game, when including both the FIBA and EuroLeague Basketball eras of the competition. At the time of his retirement, he was ranked seventh in the EuroLeague's modern era (since 2000), in career free throw accuracy, at 88.9%.

National team playing career

Sharp became a naturalized

2003 EuroBasket

.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Sharp continued to work with

assistant coach, after he had taken a coaching course at Wingate Institute, in 2010.^[2]

On August 2, 2013, Sharp resigned from his role as an assistant coach of Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

Personal life

In the mid-1990s, Sharp married an Israeli woman, and thus received Israeli citizenship, by virtue of that marriage. The couple have one son, who also played basketball in Israel. In 1999, he divorced his first wife, and married Canadian basketball player Justine Ellison. They have four children together, three sons and a daughter.

Sharp lived with his family in

Tampa, Florida, where he worked as the head coach of the Blake High School boys' basketball team. Sharp is currently the Varsity Boys' Head Basketball Coach at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School in Pasco County, Florida.^[6]

Honors and awards

Maccabi Tel Aviv:
- 13×
  Israeli League
  Champion: (1997–2007, 2009, 2011)
- 11× Israeli State Cup Winner: (1998–2006, 2010, 2011)
- FIBA SuproLeague Champion: (2001
  )
- 2× Israeli League Cup Winner: (2007, 2010)

References

^ Derrick Sharp 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Efrat, Maayan (April 2, 2008). "Sharp, symbol of Maccabi Tel Aviv, retires". Haaretz. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
^ "Topic Galleries - Orlando Sentinel". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Yarone Arbel (July 20, 2011). "Maccabi's Sharp retires, named assistant coach". Euroleague. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
^ "די ג'יי שארפ ימשיך בבני הרצליה, ישחק גם בכפ"ס". September 17, 2017.
^ "Bishop McLaughlin appoints new Head Basketball Coach – 2020 5A Hillsborough County Coach of the Year". April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

External links

[1] Derrick Sharp 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm).

[haaretz1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Efrat, Maayan (April 2, 2008). "Sharp, symbol of Maccabi Tel Aviv, retires". Haaretz. Retrieved July 21, 2011.

[3] "Topic Galleries - Orlando Sentinel". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 21, 2011.

[euroleague1-4] Yarone Arbel (July 20, 2011). "Maccabi's Sharp retires, named assistant coach". Euroleague. Retrieved July 21, 2011.

[5] "די ג'יי שארפ ימשיך בבני הרצליה, ישחק גם בכפ"ס". September 17, 2017.

[6] "Bishop McLaughlin appoints new Head Basketball Coach – 2020 5A Hillsborough County Coach of the Year". April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

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