Coach of the Year Candidate

STANFORD, Calif. – Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball Tara VanDerveer is one of 15 coaches named as late season candidates for the 2019 Werner Ladder Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday. She previously won the award in 1990 and 2011.
 
VanDerveer has led Stanford to a 23-4 record this season and a 13-3 mark in the Pac-12. The Cardinal is ranked No. 7 in the AP Top 25 and rated No. 4 in the NCAA RPI. It was also projected as a No. 2 seed (No. 7 overall) and first- and second-round tournament host in the NCAA women's basketball selection committee's first reveal of the top 16 overall seeds. Stanford, 5-2 against ranked teams, is one of two schools in the nation with three top-10 wins.
 
In a storied career, VanDerveer has established herself as one of the top coaches in the history of collegiate and international women's basketball, and been inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011) and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2002).
                                     
An ambassador for both Stanford University and the sport of basketball, VanDerveer has enjoyed an unprecedented level of success through an energetic and positive approach to the game. A four-time national coach of the year and 15-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, VanDerveer has accumulated an impressive 1,059-246 record in her 40 years as a collegiate head coach and an 907-195 record over 33 seasons at Stanford.
 
VanDerveer has led her Stanford teams to two NCAA Championships (1990, 1992), 12 NCAA Final Four appearances, 22 Pac-12 regular-season titles, 12 Pac-12 Tournament crowns and 30 trips to the NCAA Tournament.