As part of the NCAA's salute to Title IX, Greg Johnson profiled Hall of Famer Barbara Stevens, Bentley's head coach from 1986-2020 for NCAA.org. An outstanding read!

by Greg Johnson, NCAA staff

Barbara Stevens' list of accomplishments from her basketball coaching days is staggering. 

In 43 years of leading teams in Divisions I, II and III, Stevens amassed 1,058 victories, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball and Women's Basketball Halls of Fame and had the court at Bentley, where she coached 34 years, named for her.

Stevens, who led Bentley to the 2014 NCAA Division II championship, retired after the 2019-20 season, which was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflecting on her life's work in coaching, she said the part of it she misses the most is practice.

That shouldn't come as a surprise because paying attention to details each day is what led to her success. She is in the company of Tara VanDerveer, Geno Auriemma, Pat Summitt, C. Vivian Stringer and Sylvia Hatchell as the only NCAA women's basketball coaches to reach the 1,000-win plateau.

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