[PAR] [TLE] Tufts University [SEP] Tufts University is a private research university incorporated in the municipality of Medford, Massachusetts, United States.  Tufts College was founded in 1852 by Christian Universalists who worked for years to open a nonsectarian institution of higher learning.  Charles Tufts donated the land for the campus on Walnut Hill, the highest point in Medford, saying that he wanted to set a "light on the hill".  The name was changed to Tufts University in 1954, although the corporate name remains "the Trustees of Tufts College".  For more than a century, Tufts was a small New England liberal arts college until its transformation into a larger research university in the 1970s.  Tufts is a charter member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).  In 2017, the university accepted 14.8% of undergraduate applicants from a pool of 21,101.  In 2016, it was ranked 27th nationally and 156th internationally by "U.S. News & World Report". [PAR] [TLE] Sharon Dawley [SEP] Sharon Dawley (born August 18,1961) is the former head coach of the University of Massachusetts Amherst women's basketball team.  She had previously served as head basketball coach for Tufts University, the assistant coach and associate head coach at Dartmouth College and the head coach for the University of Vermont.
[PAR] [TLE] Tufts University [ SEP ] Tufts University is a private research university incorporated in the municipality of Medford , Massachusetts , United States . Tufts College was founded in 1852 by Christian Universalists who worked for years to open a nonsectarian institution of higher learning . Charles Tufts donated the land for the campus on Walnut Hill , the highest point in Medford , saying that he wanted to set a " light on the hill " . The name was changed to Tufts University in 1954 , although the corporate name remains " the Trustees of Tufts College " . For more than a century , Tufts was a small New England liberal arts college until its transformation into a larger research university in the 1970s . Tufts is a charter member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference ( NESCAC ) . In 2017 , the university accepted 14.8 % of undergraduate applicants from a pool of 21,101 . In 2016 , it was ranked 27th nationally and 156th internationally by " U.S. News & World Report " . [PAR] [TLE] Sharon Dawley [ SEP ] Sharon Dawley ( born August 18,1961 ) is the former head coach of the University of Massachusetts Amherst women 's basketball team . She had previously served as head basketball coach for Tufts University , the assistant coach and associate head coach at Dartmouth College and the head coach for the University of Vermont .
Who used to coach for the university that ranked 27th in the nation in 2016?
Who used to coach for the university that ranked 27th in the nation in 2016 ?
Sharon Dawley
Sharon Dawley