Former Old Dominion women’s basketball coach Marianne Stanley is one of seven members of the 2016 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame induction class, the organization announced on Tuesday. Stanley led the Lady Monarchs to three national championships during her ten years at the helm of the ODU program, winning back-to-back AIAW titles in 1979 and 1980 as well as the NCAA trophy in 1985.
Stanley served as the Lady Monarchs’ head coach from 1977 to 1987, compiling a ten-year mark of 268-59 and helping put the Lady Monarch basketball program on the map. Along with the national titles, she led the team to a NWIT title in 1978 as well as four Sun Belt Conference Championships after joining the league in 1982.