Heidi VanDerveer

Heidi VanDerveer

Sport(s)	Women's basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UC San Diego
Conference	CCAA
Record	82–37 (.689)
Biographical details
Born	(1964-02-11) February 11, 1964 Chautauqua, New York
Playing career
1982–1986	College of Charleston
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1988	Tennessee (asst.)
1988–1994	South Carolina (asst.)
1994–1996	Eastern Washington
1997	Sacramento Monarchs (asst.)
1997–1998	Sacramento Monarchs
1999–2002	Minnesota Lynx (asst.)
2002	Minnesota Lynx
2004–2005	San Francisco (asst.)
2006–2007	Seattle Storm (asst.)
2007–2008	San Diego State (assoc. HC)
2008–2012	Occidental
2012–present	UC San Diego
Head coaching record
Overall	190–118 (college) 17–39 (WNBA)
Tournaments	2–2 (NCAA D-II) 0–2 (NCAA D-III)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
CCAA regular season (2016) 2× SCIAC (2009, 2011) 4× SCIAC regular season (2009–12)

Heidi Elizabeth VanDerveer (born February 11, 1964) is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at UCSD.

A native of Chautauqua, New York, VanDerveer was a four-year letter-winner in basketball at the College of Charleston from 1982–86, serving as team captain as senior and graduating in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in political science and English. 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 the University of Tennessee under Pat Summitt. She then served as an assistant at the University of South Carolina, before taking the head coaching job at Eastern Washington University.

VanDerveer made the jump to the WNBA in 1997, joining the staff of the Sacramento Monarchs. She became head coach in 1997, and served in that role through 1998. In 1999, she joined on as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx, and took over as coach after the resignation of Brian Agler.

VanDerveer worked as a scout and an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco, briefly serving as head coach, before returning to the WNBA in 2006 as an assistant with the Seattle Storm. In 2008, she took over as head coach at Occidental College. In 2012 VanDerveer became the head coach of the UCSD women's basketball team. She was named the 2015-16 CCAA Coach of the Year.

She is the younger sister of Tara VanDerveer, the longtime head coach of the Stanford University's women's basketball team.

Head coaching record

College

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Eastern Washington Eagles (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 (.326)
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2008–2012)
2008–09	Occidental	22–6	12–2	1st	NCAA D-III First Round
2009–10	Occidental	21–6	12–2	T–1st
2010–11	Occidental	19–9	12–2	1st	NCAA D-III First Round
2011–12	Occidental	22–4	13–1	1st
Occidental:		84–25 (.771)	49–7 (.875)
UC San Diego Tritons (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (2012–present)
2012–13	UC San Diego	22–11	17–5	2nd	NCAA D-II First Round
2013–14	UC San Diego	16–11	13–9	T–3rd
2014–15	UC San Diego	18–10	16–6	4th
2015–16	UC San Diego	26–5	18–2	T–1st	NCAA D-II Third Round
UC San Diego:		82–37 (.689)	64–22 (.744)
Total:		190–118 (.617)
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 %
Post season	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 10–13.
** VanDerveer took over as interim head coach after Brian Angler was fired with a 6–13 record. Minnesota's total record in 2002 was 10–22.

External links

• WNBA Coach Profile
• April 7, 2008 Occidental College press release
• Heidi VanDerveer Bio from USCD