Winningest Coach in NCAA Women’s Basketball History to Retire [Video]

The winningest coach in both men’s and women’s college basketball history, Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, is retiring. VanDerveer, who has coached Stanford since 1985, announced her retirement from coaching on Tuesday.

As one of the most accomplished and greatest college basketball coaches in the history of the sport, VanDerveer goes out after leading Stanford to a 30-6 record, winning the Pac-12 regular season title, and making the NCAA Sweet 16. Most notably, VanDerveer passed former Duke and Army men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski for the most all-time wins by a Division I college basketball coach. VanDerveer ends her career with 1,216 wins.

VanDerveer began her storied career with Idaho, where she coached for two seasons from 1978-80 before taking over Ohio State for five years on her way to Stanford. VanDerveer has had a winning record at every spot she’s coached. She’s had the most success at Stanford, producing a 1,064-200 …