Date of Birth
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26-June-1953
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Place of Birth
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Melrose
(Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Profession
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Athlete, Basketball player, Basketball Coach, Coach
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Tara VanDerveer has been the Stanford University women's basketball coach since 1985. She led the Stanford Cardinal to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships: in 1990 and 1992. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to serve as the U.S. national team head coach at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer is the 1990 Naismith National Coach of the Year and a ten-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year. She is also one of only six NCAA Women's Basketball coaches to win over 900 games.
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