Vivian Stringer
FILE - In this July 13, 2021, file photo, head coach Dawn Staley, center, coaches during practice for the United States women's basketball team in preparation for the Olympics in Las Vegas. Jennifer Gillom says everything is a process. Dawn Staley becoming the first Black female head coach of the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team is no different. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Gillom sisters: Black ex-assistants paved way for Staley

By Teresa M. Walker Jul. 26, 2021 10:04 AM EDT

Stanford guard Kiana Williams (23) celebrates with teammate forward Cameron Brink at the end of the championship game against Arizona in the women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Stanford won 54-53. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Stanford holds off Arizona 54-53 to win women's NCAA title

By Doug Feinberg Apr. 04, 2021 08:19 PM EDT

South Carolina head coach Dawn Stanley cuts down the net after the team's win over Texas in a college basketball game in the Elite Eight round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Stringer sends congrats to Black women coaches in Final Four

By Teresa M. Walker Apr. 01, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

Michigan's Hunter Dickinson gets past Wisconsin's Aleem Ford during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
After shaking off rust, No. 3 Michigan eyes rolling Buckeyes

By Andrew Seligman Feb. 18, 2021 02:58 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2018, file photo, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer reacts in the final minutes of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in Baltimore. Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, legendary Rutgers women’s basketball coach Stringer, “Roots” and “Good Times” star John Amos, and actors Flip Wilson and Danny Aiello will be among those inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
'Full warning': Older basketball coaches at work in pandemic

By Cliff Brunt Dec. 08, 2020 02:17 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2018, file photo, Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer directs her team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland, in Baltimore. In the 2020-21 basketball season, Stringer will be entering her 50th season as a college coach, including the last 26th at Rutgers. The Hall of Famer will be the first NCAA women’s basketball coach ever to coach 50 seasons and just the fourth men’s or women’s basketball coach in any NCAA division to reach that milestone. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
Women's hoops begins; flexibility key in COVID times

By Doug Feinberg Nov. 25, 2020 02:11 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2018, file photo, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer reacts in the final minutes of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in Baltimore. Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, legendary Rutgers women’s basketball coach Stringer, “Roots” and “Good Times” star John Amos, and actors Flip Wilson and Danny Aiello will be among those inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
Manning, Stringer, Amos joining the New Jersey Hall of Fame

Oct. 17, 2020 10:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs iis shown during a press conference n Piscataway, N.J. Sheltered at home like most of us during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs has spent the past two months working on a puzzle with moving parts. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Rutgers AD Pat Hobbs trying to stretch dollars in pandemic

By Tom Canavan May. 20, 2020 02:01 PM EDT