College basketball’s winningest coach Tara VanDerveer announces her retirement

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Stanford ladies’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer introduced her retirement Tuesday, ending the winningest teaching profession in faculty basketball historical past after 45 years.

VanDerveer surpassed former Duke males’s basketball head coach, and fellow Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Famer, Mike Krzyzewski earlier this season to turn into the coach with probably the most wins in all of NCAA basketball historical past. She finishes with 1,216 profession victories.

The 70-year-old VanDerveer led Stanford to 3 nationwide championships in her 38 seasons on the helm of the Cardinal and was named the nationwide coach of the 12 months 5 instances throughout her tenure.

“Basketball is the best group venture there’s and I’m so extremely grateful for each one that has supported me and our groups all through my teaching profession,” VanDerveer mentioned in an announcement shared by Stanford Athletics.

“I’ve been spoiled to teach the perfect and brightest at one of many world’s foremost establishments for practically 4 a long time. Coupled with my time at Ohio State and Idaho, and as head coach of the USA Nationwide Workforce, it has been an unforgettable trip,” she added.

VanDerveer’s wins file might not maintain for lengthy, nevertheless, as UConn ladies’s coach Geno Auriemma – who additionally handed Krzyzewski this 12 months – at the moment sits simply three wins behind the outgoing Stanford coach with 1,213 profession wins, all as head coach of the Huskies.

“VanDerveer will proceed to work with Stanford and the Athletics Division in an advisory capability,” Stanford mentioned in its announcement.

Stanford added that it’s in negotiations with longtime affiliate head coach Kate Paye to take the reins of the Stanford ladies’s staff.