Sharon Baldwin

Biography

Sharon Baldwin enters her first season as an assistant coach on Erin Batth's staff at Providence College. Baldwin has an extensive coaching resume, including 20 years of head coaching experience. Baldwin’s NCAA Division I head coaching experience began at Mercer in 2001-02, leading the Bears to a 10-game improvement in the win column, marking one of the biggest turnarounds in Division I basketball that season. She spent the next eight seasons as head coach at East Carolina University (2002-10) and helped guide the Pirates to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in school history in 2007 after winning the Conference USA Tournament title. Baldwin led East Carolina to a 23-win season in 2009-10, which is tied for the highest single-season win total in program history. Baldwin took over the head coaching duties at Georgia State in 2010-11 and remained on the sidelines with the Panthers for eight seasons (2010-18). During Baldwin’s tenure at Georgia State, Batth served three seasons as her assistant coach from 2014-17. Prior to joining the Division I ranks, Baldwin spent three seasons as the head coach at Life University, marking the first three seasons of the program’s existence. In the team’s inaugural season, Baldwin led Life to a 22-11 mark and the Lady Eagles advanced to the NAIA Sweet Sixteen. In year two, Baldwin engineered a remarkable 31-3 season, including a 19-game win streak. The Lady Eagles advanced to the NAIA Elite Eight and finished the season ranked No. 1