Following his retirement from playing, Sharp worked as a coach and then head of youth development at Clyde from 2013 to 2016. From 2016 to 2019 he was 1st team coach at
Alloa Athletic, where he began his coaching partnership with
Jim Goodwin. Sharp was Goodwin's assistant manager at
St Mirren from 2019 to 2022. Sharp followed Goodwin to
Aberdeen in February 2022 and
Dundee United in March 2023. == References ==