Sharkey, 31, a native of Moore, Okla. – is in his second season with the Fayetteville Marksmen, and his first as head coach and director of hockey operations. Named head coach May 2, 2024, Sharkey served as Fayetteville’s assistant coach during the 2023-24 season after spending the year prior as the assistant coach for the NAHL’s Minot (N.D.) Minotauros.
An SPHL veteran, Sharkey logged 150 SPHL regular season games as a player and notched 130 points (50g, 80a) with the Huntsville Havoc. In 2018-19, Sharkey finished third in points for the eventual President’s Cup champion Havoc.
A two-time SPHL champion, Sharkey also contributed for the 2017-18 championship Havoc team, and served as an alternate captain for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on the Pointers 2015-16 NCAA division-III championship squad.