Hamilton College

Sherry Dobbs joined the Hamilton College men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach in June 2017. Dobbs helped direct the Continentals to a 25-5 record and the third round of the 2019 NCAA Division III championship. The 25 wins are the second-highest total in team history. Hamilton tied for first place in the NESCAC at 7-3 and reached the conference championship final. The Continentals hosted all three rounds of the NESCAC tournament and the first four rounds of the NCAA tourney for the first time. Hamilton, which started the season 13-0, was ranked as high as third before settling at No. 15 in the final D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. Dobbs coached a pair of all-conference team selections and the NESCAC player of the year. One of those players was the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Northeast District player of the year and an NABC first team all-American. The same athlete made the D3hoops.com all-region and all-America teams.

In Dobbs' first season with the Continentals he helped guide them to wins in their first 15 games and an overall record of 24-5. Hamilton won two games in the NCAA championship and reached the third round of the tournament. The men hosted a NESCAC championship quarterfinal and advanced to the conference semifinals for the first time. He coached two players on the all-conference team and one on the D3hoops.com all-region and NABC Division III all-district team. Hamilton led the NESCAC in five categories, including points and steals per contest, and finished the season ranked 11th in the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.

Dobbs was an assistant with the St. Lawrence University men's basketball program during the 2016-17 season and helped guide the Saints to a 20-7 record, including 13-3 in the Liberty League, and an NCAA championship appearance.

Dobbs has more than 20 years of collegiate coaching experience including 13 seasons as the head men's basketball coach at SUNY Potsdam from 2003 to 2016. He led Potsdam to a pair of trips to the NCAA championship, two SUNYAC tournament titles, a SUNYAC regular season crown and a spot in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate tournament. He was voted the 2005 SUNYAC Coach of the Year as the Bears finished 27-4 and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals. In 2005-06 Potsdam led Division III in 3-point shooting percentage.

Dobbs has also been an assistant coach at Ithaca College (1998-2003), St. Lawrence (1997-98) and Potsdam (women's basketball from 1995-97). Ithaca won the ECAC Upstate tournament in 2000 and captured the Empire 8 Conference title and an NCAA championship automatic bid in 2002. St. Lawrence was Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association champions in 1997-98 and the Saints reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.

Dobbs is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. He played college basketball at SUNY Plattsburgh where he was a member of the team from 1989 to 1993. During his career at Plattsburgh, Dobbs was a team captain, received the Most Improved Player award and participated in the ECAC Upstate tournament.

Dobbs earned his bachelor's degree in history from Plattsburgh and his master's in secondary education from Potsdam.