Derrick Sharp is an American Israeli former professional basketball player, and current basketball assistant coach for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Sharp was born in Orlando, Florida. He played college basketball with the University of South Florida, and then went to Israel to play basketball in 1993. He played for the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club for 15 years, part of the time as team captain, and now serves as assistant coach under David Blatt. With Maccabi, he won a record 27 trophies. In July 2011, Sharp retired as a player. He will remain with Maccabi Tel Aviv as an assistant coach. Sharp... played basketball at Evans High School in Orlando, and at Brevard Community College, before playing for the University of South Florida. Sharp joined Maccabi Hadera from Leumit Bet in 1993. From 1994 to 1996 he played for Hapoel Migdal-HaEmek, also a Leumit Bet team, and then made the big jump to the most well-known team in Israel – Maccabi Tel Aviv. With Maccabi, Sharp won 13 national championships, 11 national cups, 2 league cups, and 3 European titles .
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