Sure, there are the Ivy League-record 630 victories and the 11 conference championships and the six trips to the NCAAs — including the one that produced the biggest upset in the tournament’s history.
That’s not what Kathy Delaney-Smith’s players will remember from her 40 years as Harvard’s women’s basketball coach.
“Kathy’s had a long history of fighting for equity in sports, and fighting for opportunities for girls and women,” said Maura Healey, who played for Delaney-Smith and is now the Massachusetts Attorney General.
“That started back when she was a high school coach and it continued through her career at Harvard,” Healey said. “For those of us who played for her, we really appreciated and saw first-hand her commitment to equality.”
The winningest basketball coach in Ivy League history — men or women — Delaney-Smith will retire at the end of this season. That could come as soon as this Friday, when the fourth-seeded Crimson meet No. 1 Princeton in the conference tournament semifinals.
