Tara VanDerveer's Legacy Goes Beyond The Court
The Lead
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🗓️ 18 December 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer became the all-time winningest head coach in women’s college basketball history this week. The Athletic’s Zac Boyer joins us to discuss what makes the 67-year-old coach so special (according to those who have played for her), how good this year's top-ranked Cardinal team really is, and why Vanderveer’s legacy extends well beyond the basketball court. (Note: A popular Baha Men song from circa 2000 may or may not also be discussed.)
Read Zac Boyer's story about Teresa VanDerveer:
https://theathletic.com/2256172/2020/12/15/tara-vanderveer-stanford-wins-record-womens-basketball/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the lead Add Free on Amazon Music. |
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| 0:12.8 | On Tuesday night, Stanford's Tara Vanderveer became the all-time winningest head coach in |
| 0:18.3 | women's college basketball history. |
| 0:20.6 | Tara stands on top, passion, passion, win number 1,99. |
| 0:32.2 | Today, the athletic Zach Boyer on what makes the 67-year-old coach special, how good her |
| 0:37.9 | top-ranked cardinal team really is, and what Vanderveer's legacy will be. |
| 0:42.7 | She's got players who fundamentally know their basketball, who have used basketball as |
| 0:46.3 | a vehicle to accomplish other things with their Stanford degrees, with their Stanford teaching |
| 0:51.3 | to go on to succeed in so many other areas of life. |
| 0:56.9 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Anders Kelto. |
| 0:59.2 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:00.8 | It's Friday, December 18th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:04.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:10.0 | There was just something about the emotion and that... |
| 1:12.9 | I'm going to go faster and faster. |
| 1:19.9 | This isn't a story where the interview with the athlete will hold. |
| 1:24.3 | It stays with you. |
| 1:30.1 | Well, so Zach, after beating Pacific on Tuesday, Stanford's Tara Vanderveer became the winningest |
| 1:35.5 | head coach in women's college basketball history. |
| 1:38.7 | What did she have to say about that accomplishment after the game? |
| 1:41.9 | She really downplayed it for so long, right? |
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