baskhof_year coach_years current_team birth_place coach_team current_title medaltemplates sport birth_date image article_title name
2009 1972 -- 1983 1983 -- 1995 1995 -- present rutgers edenborn , pennsylvania cheyney state iowa rutgers head coach women 's basketball women 's college basketball 16 march 1948 c_vivian_stringer . jpg c. vivian stringer
 c. vivian stringer
c. vivian stringer

charlaine vivian stringer -lrb- born march 16 , 1948 -rrb- is an 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 -lrb- now cheyney university of pennsylvania -rrb- 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 .
