Tara VanDerveer
Tara VanDerveer
Tara Ann VanDerveer is an American basketball coach who has been the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University since 1985. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanford Cardinal to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships: in 1990 and 1992. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to serve as the U.S. national team head coach at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer is the 1990 Naismith National Coach of the Year...
best great played
She's got great instincts. She's not the biggest, or the fastest, she's not the best shooter, but she's one of the best passers on our team. She's played well all season.
excited freshman great start year
She's off to a great start of her freshman year and we're really excited at how well she is playing.
certain definitely fabulous forward games hoping steps
She's definitely getting more comfortable. There are certain games with Ros, where's she's two steps forward and one back. She'll have a fabulous game and you're hoping it's always going to be like that, but she's young.
confidence couple gained great offense past reason running shown successful
She's come a long way quickly. She's the reason why we've been successful the past couple of games. She's gained the team's confidence in running the offense and she's shown great maturity.
feels frustrated practiced
She said it feels good, but we don't want to do too much. She practiced a little (Tuesday) and I think she was frustrated with her timing. Obviously, she is going to get back in, but it's going to be a challenge.
clear game half needed second watching
She is so funny. I wasn't watching the game as clear as I needed to when I was watching it with her so I told her in the second half I needed to go. She's a riot.
build coming thinking waste
I'm already thinking about how we can build on who is coming back and who is coming in. And I don't want to waste a day.
assistant effort fact feeling morning motivated moved remember talked year
I can't remember a year when I've moved on as quickly. I made a concerted effort to do that this morning when I got up. I talked to Candice (Wiggins); I talked to my assistant coaches. I am really motivated by the fact that I don't want to be feeling this way a year from today.
ball knock passes shot shots smith thank
We have shot the ball very well, and I think we have (center) Brooke Smith to thank for that because she passes the ball so well. But, obviously, you have to be able to knock the shots down.
huge proud win
This was a huge win for us. I?m really proud of our team.
ahead ball coaching country good love player roll team
When you have a big-time player like Candice Wiggins, you just can roll the ball out there and something good will happen. I love coaching Candice. There's not another player in the country I want on this team ahead of her.
change coming felt glad great people second
With the change in the second half, I really felt like we went with people who give us great energy. I'm just glad we have that kind of people coming off the bench.
challenge defensive exposed fueled gritty hope lesson needed team valuable work
We were exposed as not a very gritty team. We didn't go the defensive work we needed to do and that fueled their offense. This is going to be a challenge for our team and I hope it's a valuable lesson because we are going to see more of this.
best dangerous kept stayed team top ucla
UCLA is a dangerous team and I think the best thing we did is we stayed on top and kept pushing.