Sharp to serve as Arkadelphia Rotary guest speaker, Sept. 26

The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, September 26, 2014, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mr. David Sharp, director of athletics at Ouachita Baptist University, has been invited to serve as guest speaker. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speaker, please read his brief biography below. 

David Sharp has served Ouachita Baptist University as Director of Athletics since 1999.

Sharp got his start in collegiate athletics at Ouachita Baptist University where he played as an offensive guard and place kicker on the Tigers Football team from 1975-1979. After being red-shirted in 1975, he went on to score 100 points with 70 PAT and 10 field goals over the course of his athletic career. Sharp earned both his bachelor of science in education in 1980 and master of science in education in 1982 from the institution.

For two years while earning his master’s degree, Sharp served as a graduate assistant football coach. Upon graduation, he accepted a position as assistant football coach (1982-1998) and later defensive coordinator (1986-1998). In 1999, he transitioned from coaching to sports administration and began serving as director of athletics. Sharp is currently serving through 2019 on the NCAA Football Rules Committee for Division I, II, and III.

Sharp is married to Carrie Williams Sharp, his wife of 28 years, and the couple resides in Arkadelphia.