Sherri Coale

College: University of Oklahoma Position: Women's Head Coach Coaching experience: 13 years Hometown: Healdton, Okla. Alma Mater: Oklahoma Christian University Trivia: Coale became the Big 12's winningest coach in 2008.

(To read Sharing the Victory's full feature on Coale and Oklahoma's Courtney Paris, including Coale's "3-Minute Drill," click here.)

On the importance of pushing players to be better outside of basketball…
“If basketball were only about a season or a championship or even a career, it would be way too much time, effort and investment. It has to be about something more. And for us, we realize we have students-athletes for, at most, five years, so we try to get in life skills — ways to go out and make a significant difference in the world. We want to arm our players, and there is no better training ground for how to live and make a difference than the field of athletics.”

On wearing a lot of hats…
“My mantra is, ‘Whatever you are doing is the most important thing while you are doing it.’ When I am coaching, I need to be coaching. When I am being a mom, I need to be a mom. When I am being WBCA president, I need to be president. You can’t try to do them all at once. You have to live in such a way as to support all those roles, but you have to focus on the thing you are doing while you are there.”

On defining success…
“It’s making a difference in people’s lives. If you coach for 25 years and never win a championship but you influence three people for Christ, that is success. It’s not about the wins and losses, but about what you teach people.”

On FCA…
“When I was a high school teacher and coach, I saw the difference FCA can make in a kid’s life. I watched students who didn’t even know what the Bible was really grow and develop a personal relationship with Christ. That was when I really got hooked on FCA.”