Legendary Stanford basketball coach exited on exactly her terms
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For so many college coaches, the hardest part of the job is knowing when to say goodbye. That held true for Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, too — even after she already had said goodbye. The morning after the winningest coach in college basketball history, men’s or women’s, announced she was going to retire as Stanford’s head coach after 38 years with the Cardinal and 45 years overall, VanDerveer woke up and couldn’t believe she had actually done it. “I mean, I woke up this morning, ‘Did I do...

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