Sheryl Estes became the ninth coach in Wayland Baptist Flying Queens history in June 1989.  During her seven years at Wayland, Coach Estes won 183 games, qualified for the NAIA Championship Tournament six times, and was a four-time honoree as NAIA District 8 Coach of the Year.

The 1989-90 Flying Queens, under the expert leadership of Coach Estes in her rookie season, overcame a short recruiting season and a monstrous schedule to make it to the NAIA quarterfinals. 

Six athletes, including All-Americans Lisa Kolodziejczyk and Christie Ramos, returned for the 1990-91 season.  That team compiled a 27-8 record and reached the NAIA’s Elite Eight for the second straight season despite losing one of its All-Americans, Kolodziejczyk, to a knee injury before Christmas.

The 1991-92 Queens began the season ranked fourth in the NAIA Top 20.  They ended the season with a record of 29-6 and were one win away from a national championship banner.  Estes won her third straight NAIA District Coach of the Year honor, was named AWSF All-American Coach for the second consecutive season, and four WBU women earned national post-season awards.

For the fourth consecutive year, Estes led the Flying Queens to the NAIA National Tournament in 1992-93.  She picked up the 100^th win of her collegiate coaching career during the season, and was once again honored as NAIA District Coach of the Year.

Estes’ string of national tournament appearances ended with the 1993-94 season.  The Queens, ranked 25^th in the final NAIA poll after playing one of the toughest schedules in team history, fell in the Southwest Regional finals.

The Flying Queens began competing in the Sooner Athletic Conference, known as one of the strongest basketball conferences in the nation, the next year.  Wayland took eventual national champion Southern Nazarene University to the title game of the SAC Tournament and advanced to the second round of the NAIA tourney.  The Queens were ranked 8^th in the final NAIA poll.

Estes completed her time at WBU with yet another national tournament appearance in 1996.  During her time at Wayland, Estes coached eight NAIA All-Americans, six Kodak All-Americans, and 11 NAIA Scholar Athletes, but more importantly, the graduation rate during Estes’ tenure was 100 percent. She left Wayland and the Queens following the 1995-96 season to take the job as head coach of the Colorado Xplosion in the newly-formed women’s professional basketball league. 

After the ABL folded, Estes became the first women’s basketball coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.  She continues to reside in Corpus Christi, where she conducts the Sheryl Estes Hoops Camp.  She is also co-owner of EnE Envestments, Inc., a real estate investment company; co-owner of Surf & Suns Hoops, a company that puts on tournaments on South Padre Island; and owner and president of Coastal Cycle Academy, Inc., a motorcycle training company.