Heidi VanDerveer

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Heidi VanDerveer
Current position
Title Head coach
Team UC San Diego
Conference Big West
Record232–114 (.671)
Biographical details
Born (1964-02-11) February 11, 1964 (age 60)
Chautauqua, New York
Playing career
1982–1986 College of Charleston
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988 Tennessee (asst.)
1988–1994 South Carolina (asst.)
1994–1997 Eastern Washington
1997 Sacramento Monarchs (asst.)
1997–1998Sacramento Monarchs
1999–2002 Minnesota Lynx (asst.)
2002Minnesota Lynx
2003–2004 Stanford (video coord.)
2004–2005 San Francisco (asst.)
2006–2007 Seattle Storm (asst.)
2007–2008 San Diego State (assoc. HC)
2008–2012 Occidental
2012–present UC San Diego
Head coaching record
Overall340–195 (college)
17–39 (WNBA)
Tournaments3–4 (NCAA Division II)
0–2 (NCAA Division III)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× CCAA Tournament (2013, 2019, 2020)
  • 5× CCAA regular season (2016–20)
  • 2× SCIAC Tournament (2009, 2011)
  • 4× SCIAC regular season (2009–12)
Awards
  • 4× CCAA Coach of the Year (2016–19)
  • WBCA Division II District/Region Coach of the Year (2019)

Heidi Elizabeth VanDerveer (born February 11, 1964) [1] is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the women's basketball head coach at UC San Diego.

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A native of Chautauqua, New York, VanDerveer was a four-year letter-winner in basketball at the College of Charleston, serving as team captain as a senior and graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science and English in 1986. She also has a master's degree in physical education and sports psychology from the University of Tennessee.

VanDerveer began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Tennessee under Pat Summitt, where she helped guide the Volunteers to the 1987 NCAA National Championship and the Final Four in 1988. She then served as an assistant at South Carolina for six seasons, before taking the head coaching role at Eastern Washington.

VanDerveer made the jump to the WNBA in 1997, joining the staff of the Sacramento Monarchs. She was elevated to head coach in the middle of the season after the firing of Mary Murphy and served in that role the following year. She became an assistant for the Minnesota Lynx in 1999, and took over as head coach after the resignation of Brian Agler in 2002.

VanDerveer came back to the college ranks and was the video coordinator at Stanford for one season. She worked as an assistant at San Francisco for the 2004–05 season. She had to briefly serve as the acting head coach at San Francisco after Mary Hile-Nepfel was unable to perform her day-to-day duties due to medical restrictions. [2] She returned to the WNBA in 2006 as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, before serving as the associate head coach at San Diego State for Beth Burns.

In 2008, she became the head coach at Occidental College. In her four years at Oxy, she led the Tigers to a SCIAC regular season title every year and won the conference tournament twice. In 2012, VanDerveer was named the head coach of the UC San Diego women's basketball team.

She is the younger sister of Tara VanDerveer, who had been head coach of the Stanford women's basketball team for 38 seasons.

Head coaching record

College

Source:

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Eastern Washington Eagles [5] (Big Sky Conference)(1994–1997)
1994–95Eastern Washington 12–158–64th
1995–96Eastern Washington 7–205–96th
1996–97Eastern Washington 5–212–14T–8th
Eastern Washington:24–55 (.304)15–29 (.341)
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2008–2012)
2008–09Occidental 22–612–21st [6] NCAA Division III First Round [7]
2009–10Occidental 21–612–2T–1st [8]
2010–11Occidental 19–912–21st [9] NCAA Division III First Round [10]
2011–12Occidental 22–413–11st [11]
Occidental:84–25 (.771)49–7 (.875)
UC San Diego Tritons (California Collegiate Athletic Association)(2012–2020)
2012–13UC San Diego 22–1117–52nd [12] NCAA Division II First Round
2013–14UC San Diego 16–1113–9T–3rd [12]
2014–15UC San Diego 18–1016–64th
2015–16UC San Diego 26–518–2T–1st [13] NCAA Division II Third Round
2016–17UC San Diego 23–717–31st [14] NCAA Division II First Round
2017–18UC San Diego 28–521–11st [15] NCAA Division II Second Round
2018–19UC San Diego 30–122–01st [16] NCAA Division II Second Round
2019–20UC San Diego 25–518–4T–1st [17] Postseason not held
UC San Diego Tritons (Big West Conference)(2020–present)
2020–21 UC San Diego 6–96–98th [18]
2021–22 UC San Diego 13–1410–85th
2022–23 UC San Diego 13–1710–106th
2023–24 UC San Diego 12–198–12T-7th
UC San Diego:232–114 (.671)196–69 (.740)
Total:340–195 (.636)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

WNBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Sacramento* 1997 1358.3853rd in Western———–
Sacramento 1998 30822.2674th in Western———–
Minnesota** 2002 1349.3088th in Western———–
Career561739.304———–

* VanDerveer took over as interim head coach after Mary Murphy was fired with a 5–10 record. Sacramento's total record in 1997 was 10–18.
** VanDerveer took over as interim head coach after Brian Agler was fired with a 6–13 record. Minnesota's total record in 2002 was 10–22.

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  7. ↑ "2008-09 Women's Basketball Schedule".
  8. ↑ "2009-10 SCIAC Women's Basketball Stats - Standings/Schedules".
  9. ↑ "SCIAC Women's Basketball - Standings/Schedules".
  10. ↑ "2010-11 Women's Basketball Schedule".
  11. ↑ "SCIAC Basketball - Standings/Schedules".
  12. 1 2 CCAA Yearly Standings, p. 4.
  13. ↑ "2015-16 Women's Basketball Standings".
  14. ↑ "2016-17 Women's Basketball Standings".
  15. ↑ "2017-18 Women's Basketball Standings".
  16. ↑ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Standings".
  17. ↑ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Standings".
  18. ↑ "Big West Conference Standings - Women's College Basketball - ESPN".
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