Tara VanDerveer (born June 26, 1953) is the Stanford University women's basketball coach for most of the past two decades. She has led her Stanford team, known as The Cardinal, to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships in 1990 and 1992. She also served as the U.S. national team head coach at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer has been named the 2008 Pac-10 Coach of the year. She has won that award 9 times. She is also one of only seven NCAA Women's Basketball coaches to win at least 700 games.
VanDerveer was a standout player at Indiana University, and later coached at the Ohio State University. VanDerveer is also an avid piano player. Her sister Heidi VanDerveer, who coached for several years with the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm, now coaches at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
In 2002, VanDerveer was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.[1]
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| Year |
School |
Record |
Postseason |
| 1978-79 |
Idaho |
17-8 |
--- |
| 1979-80 |
Idaho |
25-6 |
AIAW Championships |
| 1980-81 |
Ohio State |
17-15 |
AIAW Championships |
| 1981-82 |
Ohio State |
20-7 |
NCAA Tournament |
| 1982-83 |
Ohio State |
23-5 |
--- |
| 1983-84 |
Ohio State |
22-7 |
NCAA Tournament |
| 1984-85 |
Ohio State |
28-3 |
NCAA Elite 8 |
| 1985-86 |
Stanford |
13-15 |
--- |
| 1986-87 |
Stanford |
14-14 |
--- |
| 1987-88 |
Stanford |
27-5 |
NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 1988-89 |
Stanford |
28-3 |
NCAA Elite 8 |
| 1989-90 |
Stanford |
32-1 |
NCAA Champions |
| 1990-91 |
Stanford |
26-6 |
NCAA Final Four |
| 1991-92 |
Stanford |
30-3 |
NCAA Champions |
| 1992-93 |
Stanford |
26-6 |
NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 1993-94 |
Stanford |
25-6 |
NCAA Elite 8 |
| 1994-95 |
Stanford |
30-3 |
NCAA Final Four |
| 1995-96 |
Stanford |
--- |
U.S. National Team and U.S. Olympic Team head coach |
| 1996-97 |
Stanford |
34-2 |
NCAA Final Four |
| 1997-98 |
Stanford |
21-6 |
NCAA First Round |
| 1998-99 |
Stanford |
18-12 |
NCAA First Round |
| 1999-00 |
Stanford |
21-9 |
NCAA Second Round |
| 2000-01 |
Stanford |
19-11 |
NCAA Second Round |
| 2001-02 |
Stanford |
32-3 |
NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 2002-03 |
Stanford |
27-5 |
NCAA Second Round |
| 2003-04 |
Stanford |
27-7 |
NCAA Elite 8 |
| 2004-05 |
Stanford |
32-3 |
NCAA Elite 8 |
| 2005-06 |
Stanford |
26-8 |
NCAA Elite 8 |
| 2006-07 |
Stanford |
29-5 |
NCAA Second Round |
| 2007-08 |
Stanford |
35-4 |
NCAA Championship |
| 2008-09 |
Stanford |
33-5 |
NCAA Final 4 |
| 2009-10 |
Stanford |
6-0 |
N/A |
- |
[2]
| Totals |
| Career: 724-188 (29 seasons) |
| at Stanford: 571-137 (22 seasons) |
| at Ohio State: 110-37 (5 seasons) |
| at Idaho: 42-14 (2 seasons) |
[2]
References
- ^ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. http://www.wbhof.com/inductees.html. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ a b Women's Basketball - Stanford University Official Athletic Site
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