The NFHS is proud to name Sherri Anthony of Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Florida as the 2018-19 Girls Basketball Coach of the Year!

Sherri Anthony has been a constant figure at Nease High School since the 1980s. She takes pride in the title "Coach" and has never wavered in her dedication to her students, her sport and her leadership. Since her first days of playing basketball, she has known the power that sports can have in a student's life. Every day she strives to pass along the benefits she's found in sports to her athletes. The NFHS is proud to name Sherri Anthony as the 2018-19 NATIONAL Girls Basketball Coach of the Year!

School: Nease High School

Seasons Coaching: 34 | Career Wins: 606

Coaching Highlights: 10 years Coach of the Year - 2/4A, 4/5A, 2/6A, and 2/7A, and State of Florida and Southeast Regional Coach of the Year (2018-19).

State Championship (1999), 9 District Championships (1994, 95, 98, 99, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19), 8 Sweet Sixteen wins (1995, 98, 99, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19), 2 Elite Eight wins (1999, 19), AAU Florida State Champions -18 under division (1999), and Jasper Team/Coach Award 1999.

Philosophy of Athletics

Coach Anthony has been loyal to one school throughout her high school coaching career: Allen D. Nease High School. She did this not because she didn't have other opportunities and offers, but because she felt that loyalty is important to teach throughout one's life. 

She has received multiple awards locally, regionally, and at the state level concerning her career, but her greatest accomplishments have been the number of student/athletes that have crossed her path and have continued their career by receiving a college scholarship to play basketball and pay for their education. She had a high school coach that provided her with the same opportunities and helped her receive a scholarship in college where she led her team to a state championship. She is now in the Flagler College Hall of Fame as one of their most successful and decorated point guards. She chose to coach so that she could help student/athletes accomplish the same success and achieve their goal of playing at the next level while getting a college education.

Her love of coaching is not just about the college bound player though. It is also for those that play for the thrill, the comradery, the competition, and support of their school. They want to be a part of something bigger than themselves. For that student/athlete she is also grateful, as this opportunity granted her a chance to continue to see the "play" in this sport that we love and the excitement of being a part of a team. Coaching these students in high school has truly been a labor of love and a passionate journey of highs and lows, through adversity and triumphs. She feels that it's a privilege to be called "Coach," because she knows she has had the opportunity to be a positive influence, not just for the moment, but for a lifetime and the real blessing comes back to her twofold as their mentor. She will be forever grateful for the opportunity to coach all of her student/athletes.

See all of the 2018-19 National Coach of the Year recipients in our press release.