Tara Vanderveer retiring! Same here. I always believed that the moment that TVD retired, that it was Coach Gross' job for the taking. No knock on Coach Paye; she's got a very high ceiling AND her Stanford roots run very, very deep (born at Stanford hospital, brother was a 2-sport star for The Cardinal, walked on and won the point guard job for TVD, etc., etc., ...
No
head coaching experience but the athletic department may see this as the safe and obvious choice - keep continuity, keep the recruits, and someone who can
easily lean on TVD for advice.