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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Bridgewater State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1970–1982 | Westwood HS |
| 1982–2022 | Harvard |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 630–434 |
Kathy Delaney-Smith is an American former college basketball coach. She retired at the end of the 2021–22 season after 40 seasons as head coach of the women's basketball team at Harvard University.[1][a] At the time of her retirement, she was the longest-tenured women's head coach at a single school in NCAA Division I.[b] With Harvard, Delaney-Smith had her 600th win as an NCAA Division I coach in March 2019.
In 1998, Harvard beat Stanford in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the first time in men's or women's Division I NCAA history that a sixteenth seeded team had beaten a number 1 seed.[2]
- ^ "Kathy Delaney-Smith Announces Retirement After Upcoming 40th Season". gocrimson.com. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "First and last 16-seed to win". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
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