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Tara VanDerveer

One of the most accomplished coaches in both collegiate and international women's basketball history, Tara VanDerveer is in her 14th season at the helm of the Cardinal ... The head coach of the gold-medal winning 1996 United States Olympic Team and three-time National Coach of the Year (1988, '89, '90) has rolled up a 495-140 (.780) record in 20-plus years of collegiate coaching, including a 343-89 (.794) record on The Farm ... During her time at Stanford, VanDerveer has led Stanford to two national titles, five Final Four appearances, 11 NCAA Tournament appearances and nine Pac-10 titles ... Prior to Stanford, VanDerveer recorded a 42-14 (.750) record and one postseason appearance in two seasons at Idaho (1978-80) and a 110-37 (.748) mark and two NCAA Tournament appearances in five years at Ohio State (1980-85) ... The 1998 inductee into the Women's Sports Foundation Hall of Fame has coached two Naismith Players of the Year (Jennifer Azzi & Kate Starbird), five Kodak All-Americans and 22 All-Pac-10 selections during her tenure on The Farm ... In seven head coaching stints with the USA Basketball program, VanDerveer has compiled an 88-8 (.917) record to go along with four gold medals and one bronze ... Most notably, VanDerveer served as head coach of the United States National/Olympic Team in 1995-96 and went 60-0 en route to winning the gold medal in Atlanta ... Arizona's Joan Bonvicini, who led Long Beach State to back-to-back NCAA Final Four Appearances in 1986-87 and 1987-88, is 481-175 (.733) in her 22nd season overall and 156-104 (.600) in her ninth year in Tucson ... Arizona's Charli Turner Thorne, who attended Stanford from 1984-88 and played for VanDerveer in her final three seasons, is 85-100 (.459) in her eighth season overall and 45-61(.425) in her fourth year at ASU ... Turner Thorne, who graduated from Stanford in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in psychology, was a co-captain on the 1987-88 Cardinal squad that went 27-5 and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.