Stanford Coach Becomes Winningest Women's Coach

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Published on December 16 2020 5:57 am
Last Updated on December 16 2020 5:57 am

Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer passed the late Pat Summit Tuesday to become the winningest women’s basketball coach ever.Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer passed the late Pat Summit Tuesday to become the winningest women’s basketball coach ever.

The 67-year-old VanDerveer moved into first place on the wins list with Stanford’s 104-61 victory over Pacific for the Hall of Famer’s 1,099th win.

This is her 35th season with Stanford and 42nd overall as a college head coach. VanDerveer said Tuesday, “I really hope Pat Summitt is looking down and saying, ‘Good job Tara, keep it going.’”

 

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