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Tara VANDERVEER (USA)
Born on June 26, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Nationality:
USA
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Enshrined as a coach in the FIBA Hall of Fame on June 18, 2020.

Clubs

  • University of Idaho (1978-1980)
  • Ohio State University (1980-1985)
  • Stanford University (1985-)

Club Highlights

  • Three-time NCAA champion (1990, 1992, 2021)
  • World University Games gold medalist (1991)
  • COPABA World Cup Qualifying tournament champion (1993)
  • FIBA World Championship bronze medalist (1994)
  • Goodwill Games gold medalist (1994) 
  • Olympic Games gold medalist (1996)
  • 37 Pac-12 Conference Championships (regular season and tournament)
  • Twelve-time NCAA Final Four appearances

National Team

  • United States (1993-1996)

Individual Highlights

  • All-time winningest coach in women's CBB history with 1,122 wins
  • Four-time national coach of the year (1988, 1989, 1990, 2011)
  • USBWA Coach of the Year (1990)
  • United States Sports Academy’s Amos Alonzo Staff Coaching Award (1995)
  • Indiana University Hall of Fame (1995)
  • Women’s Sports Foundation International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame (1998)
  • Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame (1999)
  • Inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2002)
  • Chautuaqua Sports Hall of Fame (2010)
  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011)
  • AP College Basketball Coach of the Year (2011)
  • Carol Eckman Award (2018)
  • Sixteen-time Pacific-12 Conference Coach of the Year