Cal State Stanislaus Women's Basketball Camps
Coaching Staff
Sharon Turner
Head Coach
Sharon Turner is now in her 10th season at the helm of the Warriors women’s basketball program.
Turner took over as the head coach in May of 2002 and led the Warriors to the NCAA Division II Postseason Tournament for the first time in 12 years. Behind the leadership of two two-time All-Americans Shannon Donnelly and Aprile Powell, the Warriors finished tied for second in the California Collegiate Athletic Association with an 18-10 overall mark and 15-7 in conference play in 2002-03. That mark is the program’s highest finish since joining the CCAA in 1998.
Last year, the Warriors enjoyed their best CCAA season since 2002-03 with an 11-11 record and qualified for the CCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons. Behind the stellar play of three-time All-CCAA pick Katie Busi, the Warriors finished 13-14 overall for the program’s best season since 2002-03.
In 2009-10, the Warriors finished tied for seventh in the CCAA but missed out on the conference tournament due to tiebreaker procedures. They finished with a five-game winning streak and ended the season with two thrilling overtime victories on the road to finish the year 10-16 overall and 9-13 in conference play. The nine-win conference season was the team’s best since 2002-03, Turner’s first year.
In 2008-09, Turner’s team enjoyed its best season in six years, going 13-15 overall and 8-12 in conference play. The team qualified for the CCAA conference tournament for the first time after finishing tied for sixth in conference play.
Prior to coming to Cal State Stanislaus, Turner was the Associate Head Coach at Cal Poly Pomona for three seasons. During Turner’s three-year tenure at Cal Poly Pomona, the Broncos won the CCAA championship three times. In addition, the Broncos won back-to-back NCAA Division II regional and national championships in 2001 and 2002.
As the associate head coach at Pomona, Turner served as the recruiting and academic coordinator and worked with the Bronco post players. She also organized summer camps and clinics. During her time at Cal Poly Pomona, the Broncos compiled an overall record of 55-7, had two post players receive all-CCAA and All-American awards, one being named the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, and both were named the Most Valuable Player of the Elite Eight.
Turner has coached for more than 20 years at the college and high school levels. Turner served as the recruiting coordinator at Long Beach State and spent time at her alma mater, San Jose State, as an assistant coach. She also helped start the program at Cal State Monterey Bay.
As a player, Turner played the off-guard and power forward positions at San Jose State, where she finished her collegiate career among the Spartan leaders in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots and free-throw percentage.
After her playing career at San Jose State concluded, Turner coached at Mira Loma and Rio Americano High Schools in Sacramento. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Afro-American Studies from San Jose State.
Turner is currently a Bible college student working towards a doctorate degree in Biblical Studies and Pastorial Counseling at Dominion Bible Institute and Seminary. In addition, she serves as the faculty advisor for Fellowship of Christian Athletes at CSU Stanislaus.
Turner and son Allen, 14, live in Modesto. Allen is on the freshman basketball team at Modesto Christian.
Tiffany Gibson
Assistant Coach
Tiffany Gibson joins the Cal State Stanislaus women’s basketball coaching staff in 2011 as an assistant to head coach Sharon Turner. Gibson most recently served as an assistant to the video coordinator at Cal.
Gibson worked with the Cal women’s basketball program as a video coordinator, assisting with video scouting analysis and film exchange, during the 2010-11 season. She also worked with the program’s summer camps during the summer of 2010.
Gibson brings eight years of coaching experience at various levels. In 2009-10, she was a volunteer assistant coach at Cal State East Bay, after spending six years as an assistant varsity coach at Emery High School in Emeryville, Calif. During her time in the Emery school district, she help led Emery to a league championship in 2009, served as head softball coach (2008) and coached junior varsity girls volleyball (2006-08), while serving as the sports coordinator for the Emeryville Recreation Department.
The former second-team All-Conference standout at Merritt College was the team captain during the 2002-03 season. Gibson was the Thunderbirds’ leading rebounder and was second in scoring.
Gibson obtained her bachelor degree in kinesiology from Cal State East Bay this past spring. She current resides in Turlock after spending all of her life in the San Francisco-East Bay Area.
