Tara VanDerveer shares leadership principles from her coaching career
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Oct 23, 2026, 10:16 AM
Last updated Oct 23, 2026
Tara VanDerveer, head women's basketball coach at Stanford, shared five leadership rules during a recent interview. VanDerveer, who has secured three national championships and ranks second in all-time college basketball wins, emphasized the importance of clear vision, authenticity, creativity, commitment, and resilience. With a coaching career spanning 45 years, she offers insights based on her extensive experience, including a stint as the head coach of Team USA. Her leadership philosophy is aimed at fostering trust and commitment within teams, drawing on both competition and collaboration to cultivate success. The discussion highlights her methods and the effective strategies she developed over decades of coaching.
- •Tara VanDerveer won three national championships at Stanford.
- •She ranks second in all-time college basketball wins.
- •VanDerveer served as head coach for Team USA.
- •She emphasizes clear goals and authenticity in leadership.
- •Her career spans 45 years in women's basketball.
- 10:16 AMYahoo Sports — She won the second-most college basketball games in history. These are her 5 leadership rules
"Peak newsletter 🧠| This is an excerpt from The Athletic’s weekly newsletter covering the mental side of sports. Sign up here to receive the Peak newsletter directly in your inbox. Since Peak launched, I haven’t come across many people better at talking about leadership than Tara VanDerveer. She’s clear, thoughtful and highly, highly qualified. She won three national championships as the head women’s basketball coach at Stanford. She won a gold medal as the head coach of Team USA. She’s in the Na
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