- Vivian Stringer lives in South Brunswick
- Mrs. Stringer is the Rutgers University’s head coach for the women’s basketball team
- She is one of the winningest coaches in Women’s College basketball history
- Sports Illustrated and USA Today Coach Awards in 1993
- Black Coaches Association Coach of the Year 1993 and 1998
- Stringer was inducted to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001
- International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame 2006
- Awarded honorary doctor of Humanities Degree from Howard University in 2008
- Stringer’s favorably reviewed 2008 memoir Standing Tall A Memoir of of Tragedy and Triumph is available at the South Brunswick Library
“Work hard and don’t look for excuses, and you can achieve anything.”
-Vivian Stringer reflecting on her life from from a coal miner’s daughter to one of the most successful coaches in Women’s College Basketball
