[81alum]

She drives a Bentley or coaches one or?  Yes I cheated.

Hah!  I am absolutely beaming that I stumped Bob!  Probably the last time that will ever happen.

Yes, it is Barbara Stevens of Bentley University in Massachusetts.  She has 1037 wins and one Division II national championship, in 2014.  Among those wins are 34 Division I wins at Massachusetts where she played Geno once when he was in his first year--leading for most of the game before falling 62-59.  But most of the wins have come over a 33 year career at Bentley.  She started there 1 year after Tara started at Stanford, and she is one year younger than Tara.  She is, basically the "Tara" of Division II.   Her teams have been regulars in the final 4 and is a regular D2 contender.  Bentley has named its basketball court after her.

Wouldn't it be cool to invite Bentley to come out for an exhibition to lead off some season--before Stevens and Vanderveer retire? A couple of 1000 win coaches, each born in Massachusetts, each coming of age before Title IX, each with 30+ year careers at a single school....

[81alum]

She drives a Bentley or coaches one or?  Yes I cheated.

Hah!  I am absolutely beaming that I stumped Bob!  Probably the last time that will ever happen.

Yes, it is Barbara Stevens of Bentley University in Massachusetts.  She has 1037 wins and one Division II national championship, in 2014.  Among those wins are 34 Division I wins at Massachusetts where she played Geno once when he was in his first year--leading for most of the game before falling 62-59.  But most of the wins have come over a 33 year career at Bentley.  She started there 1 year after Tara started at Stanford, and she is one year younger than Tara.  She is, basically the "Tara" of Division II.   Her teams have been regulars in the final 4 and is a regular D2 contender.  Bentley has named its basketball court after her.

Wouldn't it be cool to invite Bentley to come out for an exhibition to lead off some season--before Stevens and Vanderveer retire? A couple of 1000 win coaches, each born in Massachusetts, each coming of age before Title IX, each with 30+ year careers at a single school....