Liberty University Women's Basketball

Sherard is in his 10th season as an assistant coach on the Lady Flames coaching staff. He serves as the teams co-recruiting coordinator and assists with game strategies and player development. Sherard has earned Big South championship rings during six of his first nine years with the Lady Flames. Liberty made six NCAA Tournament appearances and two trips to the Postseason WNIT Tournament with Sherard on staff. Sherard, who coaches the Lady Flames post players, oversaw the development of 2012 graduate Avery Warley. She graduated as the leading rebounder in Liberty and Big South Conference history and then began a WNBA career with the Phoenix Mercury in 2012. Additionally, Liberty has led the nation in rebound margin four times (2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14) during Sherards tenure with the Lady Flames. Sherard also oversaw the development of the Big 3 of Katelyn Adams, Catherine Kearney and Ashley Rininger, each of whom wrapped up their time with the Lady Flames in 2015-16. The trio totaled 2,898 points and 2,431 rebounds during their careers. Sherard joined the Lady Flames staff after spending the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons working as an assistant for the Liberty mens basketball team. He also served as the Flames director of recruiting and aided in post player development. Sherard came to Liberty after six years of service on Pete Gillens mens basketball staff at Virginia. Sherard joined the Cavaliers program in 1999 as the director of basketball operations, serving in this capacity from 1999 to 2002, as well as the 2003-04 season. During the 2002-03 and 2004-05 seasons, Sherard served as an assistant coach, where he aided in Virginias recruiting efforts, while assisting in practice planning, game preparation, bench coaching and opponent scouting. Sherard helped guide the Cavaliers to the NCAA Tournament in 2001, as Virginia finished the season with a 20-9 record and was ranked as high as No. 6 in the country. He was also a part of two Cavalier squads which qualified for the NIT Tournament (2000 and 2002). The 2002 squad finished fourth in the event. Sherard got his coaching career started at Saint Michaels College in Colchester, Vt., where he served as an assistant coach from 1993 to 1995. He assisted the head coach in practice preparation, skill instruction and recruiting. During the 1995-96 campaign, Sherard served as the head boys varsity basketball coach and Dean of Admissions at Lakewood Prep School in Howell, N.J., where he led his team to a 15-7 record and the semifinals of the playoffs. From 1996-98, Sherard was the administrative assistant at Providence, where he helped guide the Friars to the NIT in 1998 with an 18-12 record and to the Elite Eight round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament, as Providence finished the season with a 24-12 overall record. Prior to joining the staff at Virginia, Sherard served as the assistant coach at Binghamton during the 1998-99 season and was responsible for the Bearcats recruiting efforts throughout the East Coast. Sherard graduated with a bachelors degree in mathematics and education from Saint Michaels in 1993. A member of the Purple Knights basketball team, he was selected to the Northeast 10 Conference All-Defensive team during his junior and senior seasons. Sherard, who received his masters degree in guidance from Providence in 1998, is a native of Lakewood, N.J., and has two children Iyana (11) and Elijah (10).  

Green has accumulated a 403-141 record in 17 seasons on the Liberty bench, good for a winning percentage of .741. He currently ranks 14th among active NCAA Division I womens basketball coaches in winning percentage, ahead of renowned coaches like Rutgers C. Vivian Stringer, North Carolinas Sylvia Hatchell and Dukes Joanne P. McCallie. More importantly, Liberty has won the Big South Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament 13 times with Green as head coach. Liberty has totaled 24 or more victories during 10 of those years, including the 2004-05 season, which saw the Lady Flames reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. Green has actually been to the postseason on 27 occasions (24 NCAA, 3 WNIT) as a womens basketball coach, a span which includes a dozen years as an assistant coach at Clemson. Liberty has notched 15 20-win seasons in Greens 17 years at the helm. He is a five-time Big South Coach of the Year and a four-time Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) State Coach of the Year. Rebounding has always been a trademark of Green-coached teams, and his squad has ranked No. 1 nationally in rebound margin six times (2003-04, 2004-05, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14) under his leadership. Additionally, the Lady Flames have been listed among the nations top 10 teams in rebounding margin for 14 straight years. Speaking of rebounding, Avery Warley wrapped up her career in 2011-12 as the leading rebounder in Liberty and Big South Conference history with 1,282 rebounds. She then became Libertys third WNBA player, making the Phoenix Mercurys roster as an undrafted free agent. In 2008-09, Green earned his unprecedented fifth Big South Coach of the Year award, after guiding a team decimated by ACL injuries to a 24-9 record and another Big South title. At seasons end, Green saw his second player selected in the WNBA Draft, as Megan Frazee was taken in the second round by the San Antonio Silver Stars. She then played part of her rookie season alongside 2005 Liberty alum Katie (Feenstra) Mattera in San Antonio. In 2007-08, Green led the Lady Flames to one of the best seasons in program history. Liberty tied a school record for victories, finishing the year 28-4. Along the way, the Lady Flames captured three tournament titlesthe National City Xavier Invitational, the UNLV Lady Rebel Christmas Classic and the Big South Championship. The 2005-06 season represented one of the best coaching jobs of Greens career.  The Lady Flames had lost the top four scorers from the previous years Sweet 16 squad to graduation.  Moreover, freshman Megan Frazee averaged 18.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game through the first 14 games of her collegiate career, only to be lost for the remainder of the season due to injury. Yet, Liberty was still able to win 25 games, capture its 10 straight Big South title and earn its 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. th th Greens efforts were recognized by both the Big South Conference and VaSID.  Both groups named Green as their womens basketball coach of the year at seasons end.  It marked Greens second straight selection as VaSID Coach of the Year. A key late-season conference victory over High Point in 2006 made Green the winningest coach in Big South Conference history. He is also Libertys career wins leader. The 2004-05 year was a special one on Liberty Mountain, for many reasons.  A senior-laden Lady Flames team recorded upset wins over No. 4 seed Penn State (78-70) and No. 5 seed DePaul (88-79) in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, becoming just the second team ever to advance to the Sweet 16 as a No. 13 seed.  The Lady Flames ended the season with their highest national ranking to date, 21st (USA Today/ESPN). Even with all his accolades, Green is not yet satisfied.  The native of Louisville, Tenn., knows theres work yet to be done with the Lady Flames. We have some tremendous challenges ahead of us and I believe the team will be up to those challenges, Green said. I am pleased with the direction and progress of our program but of course, I, as well as the team, have higher aspirations, goals and expectations.    Greens track record shows he has the ability to meet those challenges. The Lady Flames have recorded two wins apiece over Penn State, UNLV, Virginia and West Virginia and solo victories over No. 19 DePaul, No. 17 Kansas State, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest during Greens tenure. The upset victory over No. 25 Virginia in 2002 marked Libertys first win over a Top 25 team. His record against conference foes is equally impressive.  He led the Lady Flames on a Big South-record 57-game winning streak versus league opponents (Jan. 24, 2002 through Feb. 21, 2005) and currently owns a .886 (280-36) winning percentage against conference teams. Green has marched through Big South Conference play with one or fewer setbacks eight times, while guiding the Lady Flames to two undefeated conference seasons. The Lady Flames have not only gotten the job done on the hardwood under Greens tutelage, but have also excelled in the classroom. Liberty has ranked in the top 15 nationally for team GPA four times during Greens 15 seasons at the helm. Liberty was 13th during his first season (1999-2000), tied for 14th in 2005-06, a program-best seventh in 2006-07 and 14 in 2007-08. th When Green came to Liberty, he was faced with a daunting task in his first year as a Division I head coach. Taking over the reins of a program with three consecutive conference crowns in its trophy case, Greens role became the hunted rather than the hunter. Beginning with his arrival on June 8, 1999, Green took on the role as the favorite and accomplished what no Big South Conference school had ever done, taking Liberty to its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament. Green arrived at Liberty after spending 12 years as an assistant at Clemson. While with the Tigers, Green participated in 11 NCAA Tournaments, making four Sweet 16 appearances and one trip to the Elite Eight, in 1991. The Tigers were ranked in the Top 25 during 10 of his 12 years and averaged 22 wins per season. Green had an immediate impact in his first season, as he helped guide Clemson to the ACC's best turnaround in league history.  The Tigers posted a 21-7 record in 1988 after a 7-21 record the previous season. Clemson made five appearances in the ACC Tournament championship game with Greens assistance, winning the title during the 1995-96 and 1998-99 seasons. He helped coach 15 all-conference players, four Kodak All-District performers and one Kodak All-American. Clemson also recorded 45 wins over Top 25 programs during the 12 seasons Green was stationed at Death Valley. Prior to his days at Clemson, Green was the head mens and womens basketball coach at Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tenn., for three seasons. In 1986, he was named the Tennessee Junior College Athletic Association Coach of the Year. From 1982 to 1984, Green was the head womens basketball coach at Rockwood High School after serving as the head mens basketball coach at Coalfield High School the previous season. Green got his coaching start as assistant mens and womens basketball coach at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn., from 1979 to 1981. The reason we are here at Liberty is to develop not only a winning tradition at the national level, but champions in all areas of life, Green remarked.  I am so excited to observe our players development and achievements.  I am thrilled our teams GPA regularly ranks among the nations leaders. This is evidence of our goal to have a whole program, neglecting no area of our players development.  My personal goal is a 50-year program, one that develops women of excellence who impact the world for the next 50 years, continued Green.  Its exciting because our entire Liberty family assists me with that same goal.  The university is growing, as is our basketball program, and I am excited to be here during this growth period. "I hope to fulfill the dream and the vision that both Dr. Falwell and our current administration have shared with me, Green summarized. They want our university to be THE Division I NCAA Christian University everyone looks toward in the United States. In my opinion, that means we need to be a Top 20 team. In order to do that, I believe we need to continue to find the many quality student-athletes who are out there playing and bring them to our campus. Once they visit our campus, they will experience the excitement and enthusiasm here at Liberty University." Green and his wife, Denise, reside in the Lynchburg area and have two children, Angie and Brian. Angie is a physical therapist and is married to Jason Grunkemeyer, a mens basketball associate head coach at Ball State. The couple has three children, Joshua, Nathan and Evelyn. Brian is a project manager at Fluor Corporation, in Greenville, S.C., and his wife, Susan, is a pharmacist for CVS. They have two sons, Connor and Bryson.

Bloodworth begins her 10th year as an assistant on the Liberty womens basketball coaching staff. The teams co-recruiting coordinator also assists with development of the Lady Flames perimeter players and scouting. Liberty has claimed Big South titles during six of Bloodworths first nine seasons on Liberty Mountain, tallying a 218-77 record in the process. Bloodworth previously served as recruiting coordinator for the Valparaiso womens basketball team for two seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07), working with the Crusaders perimeter players and assisting with scouting. The team went 36-24 during her two seasons as part of the coaching staff, including a 20-win season in 2006-07. Six Crusaders earned All-Mid-Continent Conference recognition during those two seasons. Prior to her time at Valparaiso, Bloodworth worked for three years on the Gannon womens basketball coaching staff. As an assistant coach, she served as the Golden Knights recruiting coordinator. Bloodworth also helped develop guard play, coordinated team travel arrangements and assisted with scouting. She was the staffs academic monitor and the team camp coordinator for a squad which won 37 games during her final two seasons and reached the 2005 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title game. Bloodworth spent the 2000-01 and 2001-02 campaigns as an assistant coach and physical education instructor at Armstrong Atlantic State, under head coach Roger Hodge, himself a Liberty assistant coach from 1997-2000. She helped recruit a class of players which posted a 27-4 record in 2002-03, marking the best single-season turnaround in the NCAA that season (15 games) and qualifying for the postseason for the first time in school history. Bloodworths resume also contains a stint as an assistant coach for an Athletes in Action Fall Tour team which played exhibition games around the Midwest in 1999. She was additionally an assistant for the Lake Michigan Community College womens basketball team which placed sixth at the 2000 NJCAA Division II national championships. Bloodworth got her start in college coaching as an assistant for the 1998-99 Ferris State womens basketball team. The teams head coach was her sister, Tracey Dorow, who is now the head womens basketball coach at Valparaiso. Her father, Rick Bloodworth, retired in 2006 from a long coaching career, which included 31 years as the head girls basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Michigan and 19 years as the head womens basketball coach at Lake Michigan College. Bloodworths playing career at Calvin College included a pair of trips to the NCAA Division III regional tournament. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education from Calvin in 1998. Bloodworth became an aunt for the first time when Lainie Joy Dorow was born in February 2009 and now has a nephew, Baxter, as well. She resides in Lynchburg with her dog, Honey.

Boruta serves as director for the Lady Flames summer camps, which have seen a 700 percent increase in campers since her arrival at Liberty. She also oversees the teams outreach activities, including postgame clinics and community service events.  Additionally, Boruta has been tasked by Athletic Director Jeff Barber to assist the athletic department in the area of video and technology. In this role, Boruta oversees all teams video and technology by serving as a liaison between coaches, administrators, and Information Technology, with the goal of improving the efficiency of each teams video and technology workflow and resources. She also serves as a resource for coaches by teaching them how to best utilize their software and being available to answer questions and troubleshoot any issues. Boruta is an active member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) and the Womens Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and has presented at both organizations conventions. She currently serves on the NACWAA Awards Committee, is a 2015 graduate of the NACWAA Institute for Administrative Advancement (IAA), and was nominated for the Judith M. Sweet Commitment Award that NACWAA presents each year to an athletics administrator below the senior ranking level who is committed to providing high-level leadership and guidance within intercollegiate athletics, goes beyond the call of duty, and provides outstanding service to their organization. Before arriving at Liberty, Boruta spent three years (2008-09 through 2009-11) at Stanford, where she was promoted from video intern to director of basketball marketing and video. She also previously spent three years (2005-06 through 2007-08) as the director of womens basketball operations at Ferris State. Boruta served in many different roles at Stanford, including coordinating team travel and video exchange. She also spearheaded the teams social media efforts, as well as the Cardinals game-day promotions and group events. While Boruta was at Stanford, the Cardinal saw an 18 percent increase in overall attendance and a 340 percent increase in student attendance. At Ferris State, Boruta organized the Bulldogs summer camps and clinics, while coordinating video exchange. She also designed marketing and promotional materials for the team. Boruta has worked with some successful teams, including three straight Stanford squads which reached the Final Four of the NCAA Division I Womens Basketball Championship. The 2009-10 Cardinal finished as national runner-up. Additionally, the 2006-07 Ferris State team won a school-record 23 games and advanced to the NCAA Division II Womens Basketball Championships Sweet 16 round. Boruta owns a trio of degrees, including both an associates degree in visual design and web media (2006) and a bachelors degree in graphic design (2008) from Ferris State. She went on to earn a masters degree in sport management from California (Pa.) in 2010 and is currently working toward an MBA at Liberty.