Stanford's Tara VanDerveer Retires after 38 seasons and 1,216 wins

[Volstylexx]

A legend of the game and great friends with Pat Summitt. The game will miss her. Congrats, Coach! Thoughts on who Stanford goes after to replace her?

 

[madtownvol]

Kinda shocked by this one. Very interested to see who her replacement will be.

Also means that Geno takes the all time win mark next season.

 

[VolBalls33]

I don't blame Tara for not wanting to travel all across the US for games. She is in her 70's. Assuming of course that's part of reason for retiring. I bet Geno retires soon as well. But he will easily break the record next season. Men's and women's are losing all the greats here recently.

 

[butchna]

Couldn’t have been looking forward to traveling in the ACC. Found her stopping point.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Couldn’t have been looking forward to traveling in the ACC. Found her stopping point.

I would think that was a factor. They are going to be logging some serious mileage just to play in-conference games.

 

[Memvol44]

NIL.is getting rid of alot of coaches!!

 

[1reVOLver]

The thread title is not correct. 38 seasons at Stanford, and another 7 or so at Idaho and Ohio State.

 

[ATLVOLFAN01]

A legend of the game and great friends with Pat Summitt. The game will miss her. Congrats, Coach! Thoughts on who Stanford goes after to replace her?

Kate Paye (her long time assistant) will replace her.

 

[Special Ed]

"Around the NCAA" anyone?

Vanderveer 1216 - 271 (81.8%)
Pat finished 1098 - 208 (84%)
I believe she would have surpassed her win total had she lived long enough.

 

[brittannica]

Love Tara. Going to miss her bob and her TikToks.

 

[Golfteacher]

Stanford is negotiating with VanderVeers asst. Coach name Kate Paye to be the next HC of Stanford.

 

[JohnWardForever]

Time hasn't been kind to Tara....

 

[JohnWardForever]

"Around the NCAA" anyone?

1216 - 271 (81.8%)
I believe Pat would have surpassed her had she lived long enough.

YEP. Pat was the best ever. PAT was the best------First.

 

[savannahfan]

I don't blame Tara for not wanting to travel all across the US for games. She is in her 70's. Assuming of course that's part of reason for retiring. I bet Geno retires soon as well. But he will easily break the record next season. Men's and women's are losing all the greats here recently.

I think it has a lot to do with the NIL. Change is one thing, but this is not just a change, it will/has transformed the way they have built programs. Now it's about money and playing time or "I'll just move to another program.

 

[pasadenavol]

I knew this was happening from one of her assistants, either this year or next, but it wasn't my story to tell. Direct causes include the NIL landscape and being handcuffed by Stanford's transfer rules. Hard to compete when you can't recruit JRs and SRs from the portal. Also, the entitlement of these athletes who are now getting paid is almost unbearable.
Plus Tara is 70 and would like to enjoy some of her senior years while her health is still good. It's not like she needs the money.

 

[Vol4gzus]

I would think that was a factor. They are going to be logging some serious mileage just to play in-conference games.

Shows the absurdity of that blending for sure IMHO

 

[bigorangepoppa]

I wonder if the prospects of having to deal with jet lag constantly may have been a factor in her decision?

 

[brassie]

I don't blame Tara for not wanting to travel all across the US for games. She is in her 70's. Assuming of course that's part of reason for retiring. I bet Geno retires soon as well. But he will easily break the record next season. Men's and women's are losing all the greats here recently.

Auriemma has already voiced his opinion about the direction that WCBB is headed. Not only about NIL and the portal, but also the attitude of players coming in. I think he feels that a healthy team next year has a very good shot at his 12th NC. That and passing Vanderveer leaves nothing on the table.

 

[brassie]

"Around the NCAA" anyone?

1216 - 271 (81.8%)
I believe Pat would have surpassed her had she lived long enough.

Assuming that she maintained her winning average, had she coached another 12 years she would have been well ahead of Vanderveer.

 

[madtownvol]

"Around the NCAA" anyone?

Vanderveer 1216 - 271 (81.8%)
Pat finished 1098 - 208 (84%)
I believe she would have surpassed her win total had she lived long enough.

Pat was way ahead of everyone in the wins total when she had to step down. Coach K passed her total on the men's side. Pat would have put the total wins mark out of sight. Not even speculation there....