Basketball Legend Tara VanDerveer: You’re Either Coaching It or Allowing It

<p>Tara VanDerveer, Hall of Fame Stanford coach, three-time national champion and 1996 Olympic gold medal coach, joins Personable to explain why you are either coaching the standard or you are allowing it, why championships are built in the little things, and why there is no shortcut to becoming great.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Tara goes back to falling into coaching after Title IX, how she built the Stanford way after taking over programs that were not winning, why buy-in starts with fit, and why the best memory of a 45-year career is a player calling her an hour after giving birth.</p><p><br></p><p>This is an essential listen for anyone interested in leadership, team culture, high performance, coaching, and what it actually takes to get better every day instead of looking for a shortcut.</p><p><br></p><p>She discusses:</p><p>◽️ Why you are either coaching the standard or you are allowing it</p><p>◽️ Why the little things create a winning culture</p><p>◽️ Why it is often easier to build a great team than it is to maintain one</p><p>◽️ Why she would celebrate more, stress less, and never take the fun out of the game</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Introduction and Tara VanDerveer background</p><p>00:42 How she fell into coaching after Title IX</p><p>02:14 Building the Idaho, Ohio State and Stanford way</p><p>04:21 Holding players accountable</p><p>05:21 Why the little things create a winning culture</p><p>08:11 How she and her players kept getting better</p><p>10:46 Creating buy-in before NIL and the portal</p><p>12:29 Advice for young athletes without the right mentors</p><p>18:57 When some teammates buy in and others do not</p><p>25:36 Why the process matters more than the podium</p><p>30:43 Favorite memories, including Olympia Scott</p><p>32:33 The one thing she wants listeners to take away</p><p><br></p><p>Tara VanDerveer:</p><p>◽️ Stanford: https://gostanford.com/staff/tara-vanderveer</p><p>◽️ X (Twitter): https://x.com/taras_tweets</p><p><br></p><p>Harvey Bracken-Smith:</p><p>◽️ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/harveybracken-smith</p><p>◽️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/harveybsmith</p><p>◽️ X (Twitter): https://x.com/harveybsmith_</p><p>◽️ Newsletter: https://personable.substack.com/</p><p>◽️ Website: https://www.personable.media/</p><p><br></p><p>Personable Podcast:</p><p>◽️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/personable.podcast</p><p>◽️ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/personablepodcast</p><p>◽️ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@personableclips</p>