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Standing Tall: The True Tales of a Hall of Fame Coach

By Stuart Nachbar

Standing Tall

Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph is an inspirational biography, not a primer on leadership or X’s and O’s as other sports coaches are prone to write. Stringer is a very strong woman who has lived through personal tragedies: a daughter who became stricken with spinal meningitis at 14 months and the loss of a husband to an unexpected heart attack at a relatively young age. She is also a great coach with over 800 career wins who has taken three different schools to title rounds in the NCAA tournament. I have had the opportunity to listen to Stringer speak in person—and you cannot help but be inspired by her as a person and a coach.

For most readers unfamiliar with Rutgers women’s basketball, Standing Tall will more than suffice as an inspirational biography. She goes further into her humanity in print than most coaches ever do. You don’t have to be a basketball fan to appreciate Stringer or like this book.

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