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Legendary Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach on Brink of More History

Legendary Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach on Brink of More History
Head coach Tara VanDerveer of the Stanford Cardinal poses with the championship trophy after the National Championship game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in San Antonio, Texas, on April 4, 2021. Courtesy of Stanford University
Dan Wood
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For 38 years, save for a one-season sabbatical when she coached the U.S. national team to a 60–0 record and a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Tara VanDerveer has been Stanford women’s basketball.

VanDerveer. Stanford. Stanford. VanDerveer.

Dan Wood
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Dan Wood is a community sports reporter based in Orange County, California. He has covered sports professionally for some 43 years, spending nearly three decades in the newspaper industry and 14 years in radio. He is an avid music fan, with a strong lean toward country and classic rock.
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