NORFOLK, Va. – Former Old Dominion women's basketball head coach Marianne Stanley has been named a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame finalist, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.
Hired by ODU at just 23, Stanley compiled a 10-year mark of 269-59 (.820) at ODU and helped put the ODU women's basketball program on the map as ODU captured three national championships during her decade in Norfolk.
The Monarchs won two AIAW national titles, when there was no NCAA Championships for women. In 1978-79 ODU had a 35-1 record and the Monarchs defeated LA Tech, 76-65 for the crown.