Barbara Stevens
Inducted:
2020
Player Stats
Born:
September 20, 1954
Southbridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Position:
Coach
College:
NA
Barbara Stevens (born September 20, 1954) is one of the most successful coaches in women’s college basketball history. Across a 44-year career spanning Clark University, UMass, and Bentley, she amassed an astonishing 1,058–291 record in 1,349 games. She became the first NCAA women’s coach—at any level—to rapidly reach 500, 600, and 700 wins, and she is the only non-Division I coach among the six who have ever notched 1,000 victories . In 2014, Stevens guided Bentley to its first NCAA Division II national championship with a perfect 35–0 season.
A five‑time WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year and 16‑time Northeast‑10 Coach of the Year, she led her teams to 31 NCAA tournament appearances and 14 Elite Eight or Fab Four finishes. Inducted into both the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2006) and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2020), Stevens is revered for her meticulous coaching style and lasting impact on women’s basketball.
Stevens's Awards and Records
- 5× WBCA National Division II Coach of the Year (1992, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2014)
- 16× NE-10 Coach of the Year (1988, 1989, 1991–1993, 1996–2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019)
- Carol Eckman Award (2002)
- NCAA Division II National (2014)
- 17 NE-10 regular season (1988–1994, 1996–2001, 2003, 2011–2013)
- 4 NE-10 Northeast division (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019)
- 17 NE-10 Tournament (1990, 1992–1994, 1996, 1998–2001, 2003, 2005, 2011–2014, 2016, 2018)
