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Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer picked up the 1,099th victory of her career Tuesday, moving her ahead of Pat Summitt to become the all-time winningest coach in NCAA women s basketball.
The Cardinal beat Pacific 104-61 in Stockton, California, to help VanDerveer achieve history.
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She had tied Summitt with Stanford s 83-38 victory over California on Sunday. We were great friends, VanDerveer told reporters of her relationship with the legendary Tennessee coach, who died in 2016. I learned a lot from coaching against Pat. I coached a lot of Pat s players internationally. . I learned how much her players loved playing for her. As a coach, I think that s all of our goals: To be like Pat is to be a coach wh