Hall of Fame
Sharon Fanning-Otis
- Induction:
- 2023
- Class:
- 2012
The winningest women's basketball head coach in MSU history with her 281 Bulldog victories, Fanning-Otis made postseason Mississippi State hoops a frequent occurrence.
Fanning-Otis guided the Dawgs to either the NCAA Tournament or NIT in 11 of her 17 seasons in Maroon and White, highlighted by the 1999-2000 season in which she won a school-best 24 games and was named the SEC Coach of the Year, as well as the 2009-10 season that featured MSU's first-ever NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance.
Over the course of her head coaching career, which also featured stops at Chattanooga and Kentucky, Fanning-Otis won 608 games, coached 27 All-Conference selections and 11 All-Americans.
Fanning-Otis guided the Dawgs to either the NCAA Tournament or NIT in 11 of her 17 seasons in Maroon and White, highlighted by the 1999-2000 season in which she won a school-best 24 games and was named the SEC Coach of the Year, as well as the 2009-10 season that featured MSU's first-ever NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance.
Over the course of her head coaching career, which also featured stops at Chattanooga and Kentucky, Fanning-Otis won 608 games, coached 27 All-Conference selections and 11 All-Americans.
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