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Tara VanDerveer
Tara Ann VanDerveer (born June 26, 1953) is an American former basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University from 1985 until her retirement in 2024. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanford Cardinal to three NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships, winning in 1990, 1992 and 2021. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to coach the U.S. women's national team to a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer was voted Naismith National Coach of the Year in 1990, 2011, and 2021 and was voted Pac-12 Coach of the Year 18 times. VanDerveer was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. VanDerveer is one of only nine NCAA Women's Basketball coaches to win over 900 games, and one of ten NCAA Division I coaches – women's or men's – to win 1,000 games. On December 15, 2020, she won her 1,099th game as a head coach, passing the late Pat Summitt for most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cutting Down The Nets
Cutting down the nets is a celebratory tradition in basketball wherein a coach or player removes the net from one of the Backboard (basketball), backboards after winning a game. In college basketball in the United States, it is usually done after winning a conference tournament, regional title, or national championship game. History Sports historians believe the tradition of cutting the nets first started in Indiana High School Athletic Association, Indiana high school basketball in the 1920s and 1930s. The tradition first came to men's college basketball in 1947, when the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball, NC State Wolfpack won the 1947 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, Southern Conference Championship. Following the tournament win, Wolfpack coach Everett Case had his players hoist him up so he could cut down the net to keep as a souvenir. Case had previously coached in Indiana, where he had cut down the nets on four occasions. The tradition then began to sprea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
