Retiring Stanford Women's Basketball Coach VanDerveer Calls Her Time At School "Nothing Short Of Magical"

CBS San Francisco

April 11, 2024

Legendary Stanford Cardinal women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer gave thanks for her time at the university on Wednesday, the day after announcing her retirement as one of the sport's most iconic figures.

While she had stints as a head coach at Idaho (1978-80) and Ohio State (1980-85) prior to taking the helm of the Stanford women's team in 1985, that year VanDerveer began a nearly unbroken stretch of leadership that lasted nearly four decades. Her time as the Stanford head coach was only broken up by the year she took off to coach the undefeated U.S. women's Olympic team in the 1996 Atlanta Games to a gold medal.

Over the course of her career, VanDerveer amassed an NCAA-record 1,216 victories, a majority of those coming during her 38 seasons at Stanford. She led the Cardinal to three NCAA championships – 1990, 1992 and 2021 – and 14 Final Four appearances.

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