Trailblazing Coach Recounts Triumphs, Tragedies She's one of the most successful coaches in women's basketball history. But C. Vivian Stringer came to national attention when radio host Don Imus made a racially insensitive comment about her Rutgers University players. Farai Chideya talks with Stringer about life before and after the Imus incident and her new memoir titled Standing Tall.

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Trailblazing Coach Recounts Triumphs, Tragedies

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She's one of the most successful coaches in women's basketball history. But C. Vivian Stringer came to national attention when radio host Don Imus made a racially insensitive comment about her Rutgers University players.

Farai Chideya talks with Stringer about life before and after the Imus incident and her new memoir titled Standing Tall.