C. Vivian Stringer

Who is C. Vivian Stringer?

Charlaine Vivian Stringer is a prominent African-American basketball coach, with one of the best records in the history of women's basketball. She is currently the head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

Stringer holds the distinction of being the first coach in NCAA history to lead three different women's programs to the NCAA Final Four: Rutgers in 2000 and 2007, the University of Iowa in 1993, and Cheyney State College in 1982. She is the third winningest coach in women's basketball history, behind only Tennessee's Pat Summitt, and North Carolina's Sylvia Hatchell. She is tied at 900 wins with former University of Texas coach Jody Conradt. 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 Summitt, Hatchell, and Conradt.