THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: VanDerveer’s impact on women’s basketball in our area goes way back
Mark Nelke
Back in the day, before anyone outside of Spokane had even heard of Gonzaga, Stanford was the desired destination for many rising girls basketball players in the West.
Tara VanDerveer, who started her storied women’s basketball coaching career at Idaho, came (back) West in 1985 after five years at Ohio State, and turned Stanford into a national power that would go on to win three NCAA championships.
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