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- Born: March 16, 1948
- Birthplace: Edenborn, Pennsylvania
- Authored Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
- Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001
- Only women's basketball coach to lead three different schools to the NCAA Final FourRutgers: C. Vivian Stringer
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Charlaine Vivian Stringer is the coach for the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
In April of 2009, Stringer was selected for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. She joins the 2009 class that also includes Michael Jordan, David Robinson, John Stockton and Jerry Sloan.The Daily Targum: Stringer elected to Hall of Fame
Early Years
Stringer began her career coaching at Cheyney State College in 1972. Ten years later, she led Cheyney State to the Final Four of the first-ever NCAA Women's Tournament, but ultimately lost to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. In 1983, she accepted a position to coach the Iowa Hawkeyes. Her success continued with Iowa, taking the team to the Final Four in 1993 and becoming the first coach to reach the Final Four with two different schools.Rutgers: C. Vivian StringerStanding Tall
In 1995, Stringer began coaching at Rutgers. In 2007, she led her team to the Final Four. After the contest, talk radio host Don Imus made inflammatory comments about the players on Stringer's team.NPR: Winner at the Game of Life (December 28, 2007) Stringer went on to pen her memoirs (Standing Tall), part of which chronicled the fallout from the Imus incident.Amazon.com: Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and TriumphQuote
- "How do we win the greatest of games? If you put your hopes and dreams in others, you will fail."—Charlaine Vivian Stringer on a game defeatNew Jersey Online: History On Her Terms (February 2, 2008)
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