STANFORD, Calif.– Stanford's Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball Tara VanDerveer, who has actually won more NCAA college basketball video games than any coach in history, revealed her retirement on Tuesday, April 9. Settlements are underway with Kate Paye, who played under VanDerveer from 1991-95 and has actually belonged to her personnel for the previous 17 seasons, to end up being VanDerveer's follower. Paye would end up being the program's 5th head coach starting with the 2024-25 season.
In 45 years as a head coach at Idaho (1978-80), Ohio State (1980-85) and Stanford (1985-95, 1996-2024), VanDerveer generated an NCAA-record 1,216 success. In 38 seasons at Stanford, she led the Cardinal to 3 NCAA champions– 1990, 1992 and 2021– and 14 Final Fours.
“Basketball is the best group task there is and I am so exceptionally happy for each individual who has actually supported me and our groups throughout my training profession,” stated VanDerveer. “I've been ruined to coach the very best and brightest at one of the world's primary organizations for almost 4 years. Combined with my time at Ohio State and Idaho, and as head coach of the United States National Team, it has actually been an extraordinary trip. The happiness for me remained in the journey of each season, seeing a group of girls strive for each other and form a solid bond. Winning was a by-product. I've liked the video game of basketball because I was a little woman, and it has actually provided me a lot throughout my life. I hope I've had the ability to provide a minimum of a bit back.”
VanDerveer will continue to deal with Stanford and the Athletics Department in an advisory capability.
“Tara's name is associated with the sport and ladies's basketball would not be what it is today without her pioneering work,” stated Stanford's Jaquish & & Kenninger Director of Athletics Bernard Muir. “She has actually been dedicated to this school for 40 years and a servant to all the student-athletes who have actually come through her program. Tara constructed among the sport's renowned programs nearly right away upon her arrival at Stanford, and after that preserved that requirement for almost 4 years. An energetic and favorable instructor, a Hall of Famer, a relied on good friend and coach, Tara's effect is merely unequaled, and I do not believe it's a stretch to identify her as one of the most prominent individuals to ever be connected with this university. We will anticipate discovering the suitable methods to honor her deep effect and tradition here at Stanford.”
VanDerveer's last day on The Farm will be May 8, on the 39th anniversary of her initial hire.
An interview for VanDerveer is prepared for Wednesday, April 10 at 1 p.m. in Kissick Auditorium in the Arrillaga Family Sports Center and will be closed to the public.
