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Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith to retire after 40 years

Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith to retire after 40 years

BOSTON – Sure, there are the Ivy League-record 630 victories and the 11 conference championships and the six trips to the NCAAs – including the one that produced the biggest upset in the tournament’s history.

That’s not what Kathy Delaney-Smith’s players will remember from her 40 years as Harvard’s women’s basketball coach.

“Kathy’s had a long history of fighting for equity in sports, and fighting for opportunities for girls and women,” said Maura Healey, who played for Delaney-Smith and is now the Massachusetts Attorney General.

“That started back when she was a high school coach and it continued through her career at Harvard,” Healey said. “For those of us who played for her, we really appreciated and saw first-hand her commitment to equality.”

The winningest basketball coach in Ivy League history – men or women – Delaney-Smith will retire at the end of this season. That could come as soon as this Friday, when the fourth-seeded Crimson meet No. 1…

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