Tara VanDerveer Biography

Tara VanDerveer built an incredible legacy over nearly four decades at Stanford. VanDerveer coached the Cardinal's women's basketball team to three national championships and ended her career in 2024 with 1,216 victories, the most in college basketball history. 

VanDerveer also coached at Idaho and Ohio State before her run at Stanford. She is a five-time National Coach of the Year. 

in 1996, VanDerveer took a leave of absence from the Cardinal program to take over Team USA for the Olympics. They went 60-0 under her watch, capping that streak with an Olympic gold. 

VanDerveer was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. 

Book Tara VanDerveer for your Next Event

Disclaimer: AthleteSpeakers assists companies seeking to hire talent like Tara VanDerveer for speaking engagements, virtual meetings, appearances, product endorsements, and business sanctions. Our speakers bureau does not claim to exclusively represent Tara VanDerveer. Our booking agency can help with finding an athlete or sports celebrity that aligns with your upcoming events date, location, and budget. When an organization request booking details for a celebrity like Tara VanDerveer, we work closely with the client to make sure the proposed dates does not interfere with the requested athletes schedule. We then confirm the sports celebrity fee based on the details of the request. The fees listed on the speaker profile are rough estimates based on the previous market rate for the talent. Our team then works with Tara VanDerveer's agent, manager or assistant on the booking request. For parties interested in hiring Tara VanDerveer, we recommend filling out the booking request form so our booking agents can help with making your next event a success.