Sharon Rissmiller has been around coaching greatness for a while now. She was recruited by Kelly Graves, a former Portland Pilots women's basketball assistant coach and currently one of the top coaches in the country at University of Oregon. She worked with Scott Rueck, a highly accomplished head coach at both George Fox and Oregon State. She's been a head coach herself at both the community college level and in NCAA Division III. She knows what it takes to be successful at the college level.
So when she had the chance to join Michael Meek's staff at her alma mater – the University of Portland – she was intrigued.