STANFORD, Calif. — Only Her.
Tara VanDerveer’s face shined in every corner of Stanford University’s Maples Pavilion on Sunday afternoon with that very message, and now she stands atop major college basketball as the all-time leader in coaching wins.
“Today was just so wonderful,” VanDerveer said.
Yes, even though she had to text her 96-year-old mother Rita that they’d need to cancel a scheduled bridge game because of all the postgame festivities to celebrate her 70-year-old daughter.
“It is a big number, and I’m very appreciative of the great players I’ve coached, and the great places I’ve been and the attention it’s brought to women’s basketball,” said VanDerveer, who is already in both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s College Basketball Hall of Fame