Tara VanDerveer passes Pat Summitt in all-time victories

Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer surpasses UT’s Pat Summitt for all-time victories.

Women’s college basketball has a new leader in career wins.

Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer passed the legendary Pat Summitt for career victories when her Cardinal basketball team defeated University of Pacific, 104-61, Tuesday in Stockton, California.

The win was the 1,099th of VanDerveer’s career, surpassing Sumitt, who won 1,098 games and eight national championships as head coach of Tennessee.

FILE – Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer, left, and Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt, right, and greet each other before an NCAA college basketball game in Stanford, Calif., in this Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, file photo. Their mutual respect always showed, and shined. So, when VanDerveer tied the late Hall of Famer as winningest women’s coaches in history with 1,098 victories Sunday night, Dec. 13, 2020, she quickly credited Summitt for helping her get there. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

VanDerveer, who played college basketball at Albany and Indiana, has coached at Idaho, Ohio State and Stanford.

She led the Cardinal to national championships in 1990 and 1992.

VanDerveer has made the NCAA Final Four 12 times and won four Big Ten championships. She has won 25 conference championships with the Cardinal.

VanDerveer has been named national coach of the year four times.

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