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Date of Birth
Vivian Stringer was born in Edenborn, Pennsylvania. -
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Vivian Stringer
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Leading
One of her first great accomplishments was in high school when she sued her school for not allowing her to be a cheerleader because of her race. She won the case and was given a spot on her school's cheerleading squad, being the first black cheerleader in her town since 1955-1958. She is a good leader because she stood up for herself. -
Technical
Vivian Stringer has the skill to manage her team to be one of the best. Stringer has been named the National Coach of the Year three times (Wade Trophy, 1982; Converse, 1988; and Naismith, 1993) by her peers. She also was named the 1993 Coach of the Year by Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Converse, the Los Angeles Times and the Black Coaches Association; the 2000 Female Coach of the Year by the Rainbow/PUSH Organization, a group founded by Rev. -
Leader
One of her most personally-gratifying accolades is the 1993 Carol Eckman Award, which acknowledges the coach most demonstrating spirit, courage, integrity, commitment, leadership and service to the game of women’s basketball. -
Planning
Vivian Stringer plans what and where the practices are held and what the team will be working on at practice. From planning these things correctly, July 1995, and in 1998 her team posted its first 20-win season in four years (22-10), winning the Big East title with a 14-4 regular-season record. -
Controlling
Vivvian Stringer makes changes and adjustments to accomplish her goals. 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 (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) in 1982. She is the third winningest coach in women's basketball history, behind only Tennessee's Pat Summitt and former University of Texas coach Jody Conradt. -
Liason
In addition to her extensive collegiate experience, Stringer also has successfully tested herself in the international arena. An assistant coach for the gold-medal 2004 U.S. Olympic Team,[5] her first USA Basketball experience came as an assistant for the bronze-medal 1980 USA Jones Cup Team. -
Organizing
Vivian Stringer organizes her team by assigning team captains. In 2007, Rutgers again reached the NCAA Tournament's Final Four after upsetting #1 seed Duke. -
Spokesperson
Vivian Stringer has to make speeches on her teams improvment to the press. She also answers any questions that reporters have about the team or season. After the 2007 tournament, Stringer served as spokesperson for the Rutgers team during a media firestorm over a derogatory reference to the team made on the radio and television program Imus in the Morning. -
Disturbance handler
After the 2007 tournament, Stringer served as spokesperson for the Rutgers team during a media firestorm over a derogatory reference to the team made on the radio and television program Imus in the Morning. The Rutgers players eventually accepted an apology from talk-show host Don Imus. -
Staffing
Vivian Stringer drafts new players to her tam every year. Also, on February 27, 2008, Stringer became the third women's basketball coach to win 800 career games. She led the Scarlet Knights to the Elite Eight in 2008 where they lost to fellow women's basketball powerhouse, the University of Connecticut. For the 2008-2009 season, five McDonald's All-Americans have been recruited by Stringer to play at Rutgers. -
Conceptional
She was honored with the degree of Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Howard University on May 10, 2008, the university's 140th commencement address. She was also inducted as an Honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on July 15, 2008 during the sorority's Centennial Ball in Washington, DC. Stringer has skill like no other to manage and control a team as good as hers. -
Entrepreneur
The C. Vivian Stringer Child Development Center was dedicated on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The ceremony took place at Nike World Headquarters on the Nike campus in Beaverton, Oregon. The Stringer Center, a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) facility, opened in June. The center houses 26 classrooms, providing care, learning and development for approximately 300 children between the ages of six months and five years old. -
Monitor
Vivian Stringer keeps track of not only her team, but other teams as well. A noted administrator, Stringer was one of the key players in the development of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. She served as a voting member of the WBCA Board of Directors, the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States and the Nike Coaches Advisory Board. -
Human Relations
On April 6, 2009 it was officially announced that she has been inducted to the Hall of Fame with Michael Jordan, John Stockton, David Robinson and long-time Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. -
Today
Vivian Stringer lives today to be 64 years old
