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1995β2022 | Rutgers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charlaine Vivian Stringer (born March 16, 1948) is: an American former basketball coach. She holds one of the best coaching records in the history of women's basketball. She was the head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team from 1995 until her retirement in 2022.
Stringer is the first coach in NCAA historyββto lead three different women's programsββto the NCAA Final Four: Rutgers in 2000. And 2007, the University of Iowa in 1993. And Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) in 1982. She is the "fifth winningest coach in women's college basketball history." She was honored as the Naismith College Coach of the Year for women's basketball in 1993, and is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2009, and was inducted in September of that year. On February 26, 2013, Stringer won her 900th game, becoming only the fourth coach in women's basketball history to reach this mark, joining Pat Summitt, Sylvia Hatchell, and Jody Conradt.
Biographyβ»
Stringer is a native of Edenborn, Pennsylvania, and a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame at her alma mater. In high school she sued her school for not allowing her to be, a cheerleader because of her race. She won the case and was given a spot on her school's cheerleading squad, becoming the first black cheerleader in her town since 1955β1958, when Dolores Dantzler was on the team. She is a graduate of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania where she was a four-sport athlete, participating in basketball, softball, volleyball, and field hockey. Stringer and "her late husband," William D. Stringer, whom she met as a student at Slippery Rock, have three children: David, Janine (Nina), and Justin. She has 5 siblings, Madalin Williams, Richelle Davis, Timothy Stoner, Jack Stoner, and Verna Fraizer.
Coaching careerβ»
Stringer arrived at Rutgers in July 1995, after 23 years combined as head coach at Cheyney State and the University of Iowa. She stated in her autobiography that a major reason she took the coaching job at Rutgers was that she felt that her children were not learning enough about their culture. Or comfortable enough around fellow African Americans, due to the state of Iowa being majority white populated area. In 1998 her team posted its first 20-win season in four years (22β10), winning the Big East title with a 14β4 regular-season record. In the postseason, the Scarlet Knights advanced to the NCAA Tournamentβs Sweet 16 with a 62β61 win against Iowa State. In 2000, her team went to the Final Four.
In 2007, Rutgers again reached the NCAA Tournament's Final Four after upsetting #1 seed Duke. After the 2007 tournament, Stringer served as spokesperson for the Rutgers team during media firestorm over a derogatory reference to the team made on the radio and television program Imus in the Morning. The Rutgers players eventually accepted an apology from talk-show host Don Imus. In the wake of the controversy, New York senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also met with Stringer.
In early March 2008, Stringer's autobiography, titled Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph, was released through Crown Books.
Also, on February 27, 2008, Stringer became the third women's basketball coach to win 800 career games. She led the Scarlet Knights to the Elite Eight in 2008 where they lost to fellow women's basketball powerhouse, the University of Connecticut.
For the 2008β09 season, five McDonald's All-Americans have been recruited by Stringer to play at Rutgers.
In 2018, she won her 1,000th game as a head coach, which made her the first African-American college basketball coach to win 1,000 games.
Awards and honorsβ»
In recognition of her many accomplishments and service to the game, Stringer was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on June 9, 2001.
She was honored with the degree of Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Howard University on May 10, 2008, the university's 140th commencement address. She was also inducted as an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority on July 15, 2008, during the sorority's Centennial Ball in Washington, DC.
Stringer has been named the National Coach of the Year three times (Wade Trophy, 1982; Converse, 1988; and Naismith, 1993) by her peers. She also was named the 1988 Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year, the 1993 Coach of the Year by Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Converse, the Los Angeles Times and the Black Coaches Association; the 2000 Female Coach of the Year by the Rainbow/PUSH Organization, a group founded by Rev. Jesse Jackson; the District V Coach of the Year in 1985, 1988 and 1993; the District I Coach of the Year in 1998; the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1993; the BIG EAST Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2005; and the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2005 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Coach of the Year.
One of her most personally-gratifying accolades is the 1993 Carol Eckman Award, which acknowledges the coach most demonstrating spirit, courage, integrity, commitment, leadership and service to the game of womenβs basketball.
A finalist for the Naismith National Coach-of-the-Year Award five times during her tenure at Rutgers, Stringer was honored by the U.S. Sports Academy when the organization decided to name its annual women's coaching award in her honor. The C. Vivian Stringer Medallion Award of Sport for Womenβs Coaching was handed out for the first time in July 2002. In 2003, she was recognized by Sports Illustrated as one of the "101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports," and during the summer of 2004 she received the Black Coaches Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
In addition to her extensive collegiate experience, Stringer also has successfully tested herself in the international arena. An assistant coach for the gold-medal 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, her first USA Basketball experience came as an assistant for the bronze-medal 1980 USA Jones Cup Team. Stringer also has had extensive head-coaching experience in the national program, leading the 1982 U.S. Olympic Festival East Team to a bronze medal, the 1985 U.S. World University Games Team (Kobe, Japan) to a silver, the 1989 U.S. World Championship Qualifying Team (SΓ£o Paulo, Brazil) to a gold and a qualification for the following yearβs FIBA World Championship, and the 1991 Pan American Games Team (Havana, Cuba) to a bronze medal.
A noted administrator, Stringer was one of the key players in the development of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She served as a voting member of the WBCA Board of Directors, the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States and the Nike Coaches Advisory Board. In the past, Stringer has served as a member of the Kodak All-America Selection Committee and was elected to the Womenβs Sports Foundation Advisory Board.
In 2006, she was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.
The C. Vivian Stringer Child Development Center was dedicated on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. The ceremony took place at Nike World Headquarters on the Nike campus in Beaverton, Oregon. The Stringer Center, a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m) facility, opened in June 2008. The center houses 26 classrooms, providing care, learning and development for approximately 300 children between the ages of six months and five years old. The Nike campus buildings pay tribute to some of the world's best athletes and coaches. Some of the athletes honored include John McEnroe, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Michael Jordan, Mike Schmidt, Nolan Ryan, Lance Armstrong, Mia Hamm, Ken Griffey Jr., Pete Sampras, Jerry Rice and Tiger Woods. Stringer is the third woman, the second coach, and the first African-American woman to have a building named after her on Nike's campus.
On April 6, 2009, it was officially announced that she has been inducted to the Hall of Fame with Michael Jordan, John Stockton, David Robinson and long-time Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. The 2009 inductees were officially enshrined to the Basketball Hall of Fame on September 11, 2009, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
On October 19, 2022, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights announced the renaming of the court inside the basketball stadium in Piscataway, NJ in honor of Coach Stringer.
USA Basketballβ»
Stringer was chosen as the assistant coach of the team representing the US in 1980 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The team started out strong, winning their first three games. Then they faced the Republic of China β Blue team, who beat the USA 86β81. They won their next four games, including a close match against the undefeated Republic of China β White team, which they won 84β82, and a rematch against the Blue team, which they won 66β62. With a 4β0 record in medal round play, they simply had to beat their last opponent, South Korea, who had a 3β1 record, to win the gold. However, South Korea won the game 90β79. The Republic of China β White also won, leaving three teams tied with 4β1 records. The tie-breaker was point differential, and this left the USA team with the bronze medal. Mary Ostrowski and Valerie Still made the All-Tournament Team.
Stringer was named the head coach of the team representing the US at the World University Games held in Kobe, Japan in July 1985. The team won their three preliminary games with ease, beating the People's Republic of Korea, Yugoslavia and Great Britain by more than 25 points each. Their next game, against China, was much closer. But the USA team had balanced scoring, with five players in double figures for points, and won 83β78. The USA team played Canada in the semifinal, and again had five players with double-digit scoring, winning 85β61 to advance to the gold medal game against the USSR. The USA fell behind by as much as 18 points in the second half. They attempted a comeback, and cut the margin, but the USSR hit almost 55% of their shots and went on to claim the gold medal 87β81. The USA received the silver medal. Katrina McClain was the leading scorer and rebounder for the USA team with 17.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
Film: This Is a Game, Ladiesβ»
Stringer and the entire Rutgers team were the subject of the 2004 documentary: This Is a Game, Ladies that followed the team during the 2000β01 season. The film was by directed by Peter Schnall and aired on PBS.
Head coaching recordβ»
Sources:
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Cheyney State Wolves (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) (1971β1981) | |||||||||
1971β72 | Cheyney State | 18β5 | |||||||
1972β73 | Cheyney State | 18β5 | |||||||
1973β74 | Cheyney State | 18β5 | |||||||
1974β75 | Cheyney State | 18β4 | |||||||
1975β76 | Cheyney State | 18β4 | |||||||
1976β77 | Cheyney State | 18β4 | |||||||
1977β78 | Cheyney State | 18β4 | |||||||
1978β79 | Cheyney State | 18β4 | |||||||
1979β80 | Cheyney State | 25β5 | AIAW Division I First Round | ||||||
1980β81 | Cheyney State | 27β5 | AIAW Division I Quarterfinals | ||||||
Cheyney State Wolves (NCAA Division I independent) (1981β1983) | |||||||||
1981β82 | Cheyney State | 28β3 | NCAA Division I Runner-up | ||||||
1982β83 | Cheyney State | 27β3 | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||||
Cheyney State: | 251β51 (.831) | ||||||||
Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference) (1983β1995) | |||||||||
1983β84 | Iowa | 17β10 | 11β7 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1984β85 | Iowa | 20β8 | 14β4 | 2nd | |||||
1985β86 | Iowa | 22β7 | 15β3 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1986β87 | Iowa | 26β5 | 17β1 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
1987β88 | Iowa | 29β2 | 17β1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
1988β89 | Iowa | 27β5 | 16β2 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
1989β90 | Iowa | 23β6 | 15β3 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1990β91 | Iowa | 21β9 | 13β5 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1991β92 | Iowa | 25β4 | 16β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1992β93 | Iowa | 27β4 | 16β2 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Final Four | ||||
1993β94 | Iowa | 21β7 | 13β5 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
1994β95 | Iowa | 11β17 | 6β10 | 9th | |||||
Iowa: | 269β84 (.762) | 169β45 (.790) | |||||||
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big East Conference) (1995β2013) | |||||||||
1995β96 | Rutgers | 13β15 | 8β10 | 5th (BE7) | |||||
1996β97 | Rutgers | 11β17 | 8β10 | Tβ2nd (BE7) | |||||
1997β98 | Rutgers | 22β10 | 14β4 | 1st (BE7) | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
1998β99 | Rutgers | 29β6 | 17β1 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
1999β2000 | Rutgers | 26β8 | 12β4 | Tβ3rd | NCAA Division I Final Four | ||||
2000β01 | Rutgers | 23β8 | 13β3 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2001β02 | Rutgers | 9β20 | 5β11 | 11th | |||||
2002β03 | Rutgers | 21β8 | 13β3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2003β04 | Rutgers | 21β12 | 10β6 | Tβ6th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2004β05 | Rutgers | 28β7 | 14β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
2005β06 | Rutgers | 27β5 | 16β0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
2006β07 | Rutgers | 27β9 | 12β4 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I Runner-up | ||||
2007β08 | Rutgers | 27β7 | 14β2 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
2008β09 | Rutgers | 21β13 | 9β7 | 7th | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
2009β10 | Rutgers | 18β15 | 9β7 | Tβ6th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2010β11 | Rutgers | 20β13 | 11β5 | 4th | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2011β12 | Rutgers | 22β10 | 10β6 | 6th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2012β13 | Rutgers | 16β14 | 7β9 | Tβ9th | |||||
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2013β2014) | |||||||||
2013β14 | Rutgers | 28β9 | 12β6 | 4th | WNIT Champions | ||||
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big Ten Conference) (2014β2022) | |||||||||
2014β15 | Rutgers | 23β10 | 12β6 | Tβ4th | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2015β16 | Rutgers | 19β15 | 7β9 | Tβ9th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
2016β17 | Rutgers | 6β24 | 3β13 | Tβ11th | |||||
2017β18 | Rutgers | 20β12 | 7β9 | Tβ9th | |||||
2018β19 | Rutgers | 22β10 | 13β5 | 3rd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2019β20 | Rutgers | 22β9 | 11β7 | Tβ5th | Canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
2020β21 | Rutgers | 14β5 | 10β3 | 3rd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2021β22 | Rutgers | 11β20 | 3β14 | 13th | |||||
Rutgers: | 535β291 (.648) | 277β152 (.646) | |||||||
Total: | 1055β426 (.712) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Stringer, C. Vivian (2008). Standing tall : a memoir of tragedy and triumph. Tucker, Laura, 1973- (1st paperback ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780307406279. OCLC 232980433.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ Philippou, Alexa (April 30, 2022). "Rutgers Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer announces retirement after 50 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (April 30, 2022). "Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer a pioneer through coaching triumphs and personal tragedies". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ Skaine 2001, p. 145
- ^ Thomas, Katie (April 5, 2008). "Stringer Concedes Error in Bio". The New York Times. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
- ^ Stringer & Tucker 2009, p. 196: "I also felt a new responsibility to help my sons find their identities as young black men, which was going to be hard for them in Iowa. I needed to prepare them for lifeβreal lifeβand that meant giving them a more realistic understanding of the way the world views young black men. They didn't know that most people who passed a cluster of black boys like them hanging out on a street corner would think they were getting ready to start some trouble. I worried that the safety and security of Iowa would disarm them."
- ^ Kratch, James (November 14, 2018). "Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer wins 1,000th game: Hillary Clinton, others congratulate her on milestone". NJ.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "The Undefeated on Twitter: "Last night, C. Vivian Stringer became the first African-American coach in college basketball to win 1,000 games. Dawn Staley and Carolyn Peck share their thoughts on how the Basketball Hall of Famer made an impact on their careers". Twitter.com. The Undefeated. February 12, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ "WBHOF Inductees". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "Honorary Member C. Vivian Stringer". AKA1908. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ "C. Vivian Stringer". Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ "Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad β 2004". Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "1980 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "THIRTEENTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES β 1985". Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "Eleventh Pan American Games β 1991". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "International Women's Sports Hall of Fame". Women's Sports Foundation. November 4, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ "Nike dedicates Stringer child development center". ESPN.com. September 10, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES FIVE MEMBERS AS THE CLASS OF 2009". Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "Rutgers to Celebrate C. Vivian Stringer Day December 4". Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "1980 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 28, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "Thirteenth World University Games β 1985". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ "This is a Game, Ladies". PBS. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ 2010-11 Big East Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big East Conference. 2010. pp. 96β97. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ 2019-20 Big Ten Women's Basketball Media Guide (PDF). Big Ten Conference. 2019. p. 71. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
Bibliographyβ»
- Skaine, Rosemarie (2001). Women College Basketball Coaches. Foreword by Betty F. Jaynes. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 9780786409204.
- Stringer, C. Vivian; Tucker, Lauren (2009). Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph. Crown/Archetype Publishing. ISBN 9780307406279.
- Encyclopeida.com-Contemporary Black Biography COPYRIGHT Thomas Gale
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