Joe Nocera, Columnist

The Big Question: When Will Women Athletes Receive Equal Treatment?

A Q&A with Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer on dealing with the NCAA's sexism, coaching through the pandemic and preparing for the coming transformation of college athletics.

April 11, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Joe Nocera

Joe Nocera is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is the host and writer of the Bloomberg-Wondery podcast "The Shrink Next Door."

History’s winningest coach keeps winning,
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This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve today’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been condensed and edited.

Joe Nocera: Over the course of a 43-year coaching career, you’ve won more games than any other women’s basketball coach, including three national championships — the most recent of which took place last week, when Stanford defeated the University of Arizona, 54-53.