Four-time NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969, 1972, 1974, 1975)
Two-time NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1970, 1971)
C. Vivian Stringer
Position:
Coach
College:
Slippery Rock University (Pa.) (student)
Coaching Career:
Rutgers University (1995-present); University of Iowa (1983-1995); Cheyney State College (1972-1983)
Coaching Record:
813-269
Women's Final Four Appearances:
4
Career Highlights:
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (2001)
First coach in NCAA history to lead three different colleges to appearances in the Women's Final Four (Rutgers in 2000 and 2007, University of Iowa in 1993, Cheyney State College in 1982)
Third on the list of all-time winningest coaches in women's college basketball history
Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year (1993)
Converse National Coach of the Year (1988)
Wade Trophy -- Coach of the Year (1982)
Two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (1991, 1993)
Two-time Big East Coach of the Year (1998, 2005)
Four-time Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Coach of the Year (1998, 1999, 2000, 2005)
Carol Eckman Award (1993)
U.S. Sports Academy named its Coach of the Year Award for her in 2002 (The C. Vivian Stringer Award of Sport for Women's Coaching)
Black Coaches Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
Assistant Coach, 2004 U.S. Olympic Team (Gold Medal)
