Sharon Sabin

Class:
Redshirt

In her fifth season as the assistant coach at Kent State, Sharon Sabin brings ten years of coaching experience from the Big 10, Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference to the Golden Flashes.

Sabin came to Kent State from Debi and Rick’s School of Gymnastics in Pittsburgh, where she served as the head coach. Prior to that position, she served as the assistant coach at the University of Illinois for two years. She spent a year as a personal trainer and aerobic instructor while volunteering as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma. She also was a gymnastics coach and public relations assistant for the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Okla.

She had a three-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky, her alma mater, from 1994-1997, where she was in charge of coaching, meet management and recruiting. While at Kentucky, she helped mentor Jenny Hansen, who was the NCAA all-around champion for three consecutive seasons.

In 1997, Sabin received her master’s degree in health promotion from Kentucky, where she was a varsity gymnast from 1989-94. She is married to Ray Sabin, who is a fomer Kent State wrestler. They have twin daughters, Molly Patricia and Olivia Hudd, who were born on June 24, 2007.