Sarah Harris is in her fourth season as Grove City College’s head women’s basketball coach.

She is the fifth head coach in the 33-year history of the Grove City College women’s basketball program.

Last season, Harris guided an undermanned Grove City squad to a 7-7 mark in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

For her efforts, she earned PAC Coach of the Year honors, along with D3Hoops.com Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year.

The 2008-09 season continued Grove City’s upward climb in the conference as the Wolverines improved their league mark for the third straight season. In 2008, Harris guided Grove City to its first berth in the PAC Championship Tournament semifinals since 2004, along with a six-win improvement overall.

A 2003 graduate of Wheaton (Ill.) College, Harris came to Grove City after spending two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

During the 2005-06 season, Harris helped the Spartans to an 18-12 overall record and a berth in the Southern Conference Championship Tournament finals.

As an assistant at UNCG, Harris worked extensively with the Spartans’ guards during the 2004-05 season. She then mentored the team’s post players in 2005-06 while also assisting with scouting, player development and game preparation.

Harris earned four letters as a member of the Wheaton women’s basketball team from 1999-2000 and 2001-04.

At Wheaton, Harris started in each of her final three seasons. She helped the Thunder capture the Collegiate Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) title during her sophomore and senior seasons.

During her playing career at Wheaton, Harris helped lead the Thunder to an 80-24 overall record, including a 44-12 mark in CCIW play.

The Thunder went 21-7 and captured their first-ever CCIW Championship Tournament crown in her sophomore season.

Wheaton also qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament following the 2003-04 season.

Harris earned All-CCIW Third Team honors following both her sophomore and junior seasons. She finished her career with over 900 points at Wheaton. Harris also earned Academic All-District V from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in both her junior and senior seasons. A cum laude graduate of Wheaton, Harris earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish in 2003.

In 2004, she completed a master’s degree in intercultural studies/TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Wheaton while finishing her playing career.

Harris then earned a second master’s degree from North Carolina at Greensboro in 2006, completing her master of science degree in exercise and sport science.

In addition to her duties as head coach, she also holds the faculty rank of assistant professor of physical education and exercise science at Grove City.

Harris lives in Grove City.