Story Courtesy Stanford Athletics Tara VanDerveer’s name will forever hold a special place at Stanford. In a move that underscores the indelible mark she has left on the university and college athletics, Stanford Athletics has announced that the court at Maples Pavilion, on which her women’s basketball teams won 531 games, will be known as
Stanford’s Maples Pavilion Court, Women’s Basketball Assistant Coachship Named in VanDerveer’s Honor
Paye promoted to Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Stanford
Kate Paye has been named Stanford’s Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball, as announced by Bernard Muir, the Jaquish and Kenninger Director of Athletics. Paye will be formally introduced at a press conference on Wednesday, April 17, at 3:30 p.m. The 50-year-old Paye has been part of two of Stanford’s three national championships – as a
Stanford’s VanDerveer announces retirement
Stanford’s Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball Tara VanDerveer, who has won more NCAA college basketball games than any coach in history, announced her retirement on Tuesday, April 9. Negotiations are underway with Kate Paye, who played under VanDerveer from 1991-95 and has been a member of her staff for the past 17 seasons, to become VanDerveer’s
Stanford’s VanDerveer becomes all-time winningest coach in college basketball, passing Duke’s Krzyzewski
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — It never fails, Tara VanDerveer always takes a minute to thank everybody for coming to the game and that includes offering her immense gratitude to the Stanford band. On Sunday, moments after her latest remarkable milestone in a career filled with them and as the new winningest coach in basketball history,
Pohlen Named Director of Player Development at Stanford
Jeanette Pohlen, a 2011 graduate from Stanford and former Pac-10 Player of the Year, has rejoined the Cardinal as the Director of Player Development, announced Friday by Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball Tara VanDerveer. A newly designed position for the program, Pohlen will assist in various areas focused on helping student-athletes succeed both on and
Hoop Insights: Stanford Leading the Way with Efficiency
by Tony Perotti The Stanford Cardinal have ascended to the #1 spot in the national polls by being efficient on both sides of the ball. The Cardinal are sporting an offensive efficiency rating ranked seventh in the nation and a defensive efficiency rating ranking sixth in the nation. Continuing these trends will be key for
Stanford’s VanDerveer becomes all-time winningest women’s basketball coach
Story Courtesy: David Kiefer, Stanford Athletics Tara VanDerveer earned her 1,099th career victory Tuesday to become the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history. In her 42nd season as a collegiate head coach, VanDerveer passed the late Pat Summitt by guiding the No. 1 Cardinal to a 104-61 nonconference victory over Pacific at
Stanford Women’s Basketball Staff Update
Katy Steding and Britney Anderson will join the Stanford women’s basketball staff as assistant coaches, announced by The Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball Tara VanDerveer. The additions come following the departures of Lindy La Rocque, new head coach at UNLV, and Tempie Brown, who stepped down to spend more time with her family. Steding,
Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer Becomes 2nd NCAA Women’s Basketball Coach to Earn 1,000 Victories
Tara VanDerveer became just the second NCAA women’s coach to reach 1,000 career victories Friday night, when No. 8 Stanford beat USC 58-42 to give the Hall of Famer a major milestone to share with the home crowd at Maples Pavilion. VanDerveer joined the late Pat Summitt, a dear friend who died last summer from