Heidi VanDerveer

Heidi VanDerveer
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUC San Diego
ConferenceBig West
Record232–114 (.671)
Biographical details
Born (1964-02-11) February 11, 1964 (age 60)
Chautauqua, New York
Playing career
1982–1986College of Charleston
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988Tennessee (asst.)
1988–1994South Carolina (asst.)
1994–1997Eastern Washington
1997Sacramento Monarchs (asst.)
1997–1998Sacramento Monarchs
1999–2002Minnesota Lynx (asst.)
2002Minnesota Lynx
2003–2004Stanford (video coord.)
2004–2005San Francisco (asst.)
2006–2007Seattle Storm (asst.)
2007–2008San Diego State (assoc. HC)
2008–2012Occidental
2012–presentUC 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.

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
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Eastern Washington Eagles[5] (Big Sky Conference) (1994–1997)
1994–95 Eastern Washington 12–15 8–6 4th
1995–96 Eastern Washington 7–20 5–9 6th
1996–97 Eastern Washington 5–21 2–14 T–8th
Eastern Washington: 24–55 (.304) 15–29 (.341)
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2008–2012)
2008–09 Occidental 22–6 12–2 1st[6] NCAA Division III First Round[7]
2009–10 Occidental 21–6 12–2 T–1st[8]
2010–11 Occidental 19–9 12–2 1st[9] NCAA Division III First Round[10]
2011–12 Occidental 22–4 13–1 1st[11]
Occidental: 84–25 (.771) 49–7 (.875)
UC San Diego Tritons (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (2012–2020)
2012–13 UC San Diego 22–11 17–5 2nd[12] NCAA Division II First Round
2013–14 UC San Diego 16–11 13–9 T–3rd[12]
2014–15 UC San Diego 18–10 16–6 4th
2015–16 UC San Diego 26–5 18–2 T–1st[13] NCAA Division II Third Round
2016–17 UC San Diego 23–7 17–3 1st[14] NCAA Division II First Round
2017–18 UC San Diego 28–5 21–1 1st[15] NCAA Division II Second Round
2018–19 UC San Diego 30–1 22–0 1st[16] NCAA Division II Second Round
2019–20 UC San Diego 25–5 18–4 T–1st[17] Postseason not held
UC San Diego Tritons (Big West Conference) (2020–present)
2020–21 UC San Diego 6–9 6–9 8th[18]
2021–22 UC San Diego 13–14 10–8 5th
2022–23 UC San Diego 13–17 10–10 6th
2023–24 UC San Diego 12–19 8–12 T-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 season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Sacramento* 1997 13 5 8 .385 3rd in Western — — — –
Sacramento 1998 30 8 22 .267 4th in Western — — — –
Minnesota** 2002 13 4 9 .308 8th in Western — — — –
Career 56 17 39 .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.

References

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "WCCSPORTS.COM :: USF Women's Basketball Coach Mary Hile-Nepfel Out Indefinitely Due to Illness :: West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". UC San Diego. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ Big Sky All-Time Records, p. 98.
  6. ^ "SCIAC 2008-09 Women's Basketball Stats - Standings/Schedules".
  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. ^ a b 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".