The Clarkson University Athletic Department is pleased to announce the hiring of Sherry Dobbs as the new head coach for the Golden Knights’ Women’s Basketball team in 2023-24.
Dobbs replaces nine-year head coach Maureen Webster, who guided the program since 2014, including a conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016.
Dobbs began his coaching career nearly three decades ago as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team at SUNY Potsdam in the mid-1990s, where the team earned 20 victories over the course of the 1995-96 and 1996-97 campaigns. Following a one-year stint at St. Lawrence University, Dobbs moved on to Ithaca College, serving a dual role as assistant coach for the softball and men’s basketball teams for a stretch of five seasons. As assistant for the Bombers’ softball program, Ithaca reached the NCAA Division III College World Series on four occasions, including a national title in 2002.
Dobbs returned to Potsdam as the Bears’ men’s basketball coach in 2003, and spent the next decade guiding SUNY Potsdam, earning SUNYAC Coach of the Year honors in 2005 in a season in which he guided the team to the NCAA Elite Eight. The Bears enjoyed multiple NCAA Tournament appearances in his tenure.
Most recently, Dobbs was the top assistant coach for Hamilton College of the New England Small College Athletic Conference. From 2017-2023, Dobbs helped produce 97 victories (.708 winning percentage), including three appearances in the NCAA Tournament (2018, 2019, 2023) with a pair of top-15 finishes in the final D3hoops.com poll.
Dobbs has a lengthy track record in recruiting, which included scouring the Northeast for student-athletes while at SUNY Potsdam and internationally for Hamilton College, where he recruited players from Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Turkey in addition to those from North America.
A graduate from SUNY Plattsburgh with a degree in history, and a master’s degree from SUNY Potsdam in Secondary Social Studies Education, Dobbs has also taught Physical Education classes at the college level for nearly two decades.
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