Tara VanDerveer: Redefining Excellence in Women's Basketball
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Join host Guy Kawasaki in this episode of Remarkable People as he sits down with legendary basketball coach Tara VanDerveer. Recently retired from Stanford University's Women's Basketball team after an illustrious 38-year career, Tara shares insights from her journey to becoming the winningest coach in college basketball history. Discover her coaching philosophy, lessons from leading the 1996 US Olympic women's basketball team to gold, and her perspectives on the evolving landscape of women's basketball.
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| 0:44.4 | I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people. |
| 0:52.9 | We're on a mission to make you remarkable. |
| 0:55.4 | And helping me in this episode is Tara van der Veer. |
| 0:59.3 | Tara recently retired as the head coach of the Stanford University Women's Basketball Team. |
| 1:05.5 | She led that team for 38 years. |
| 1:08.5 | She took over at Stanford in 1985 and quickly built the program into a national |
| 1:13.8 | powerhouse. She led Stanford to three NCAA women's Division I basketball championships in |
| 1:20.5 | 1990, 1992, and 2021. She is a 10-time Pac-12 coach of the year and has won over 1,200 games in her career, |
| 1:32.3 | the most of any coach in college basketball history, men's or women's. |
| 1:39.3 | Terra also served as the head coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympic women's basketball team. |
| 1:45.8 | That team won a gold medal. |
| 1:48.3 | I'm Guy Kawasaki. |
| 1:50.1 | This is remarkable people. |
| 1:52.4 | And now here is the remarkable, most winning, Tara van der Vier. |
| 1:59.2 | What happens a day after you retire? |
| 2:01.6 | Let's see. |
| 2:02.6 | My email and phone blew up. |
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