Jimmy Sharpe (born October 31, 1939) is an American former college football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1974 to 1977.
Sharpe graduated Montgomery's Sidney Lanier High School and, in 1974, from the University of Alabama.
Sharpe, an 11-year veteran of Bear Bryant's Alabama coaching staff, was hired by the Hokies in 1974 to replace Charlie Coffey, who had been let go following a lackluster performance.
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