Charlaine Vivian Stringer (born March 16, 1948) is a prominent African American

African American

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 basketball coach

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, with one of the best records in the history of women's basketball

Women's basketball

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. She is currently the head coach of the Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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 women's basketball team.

Stringer holds the distinction of being the first coach in NCAA history to lead three different women's programs to the NCAA Final Four

NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

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: Rutgers in 2000 and 2007, the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

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 in 1993, and Cheyney State College

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

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 (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) in 1982.