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Van Chancellor

• Head coach and general manager of the Houston Comets has guided team to four consecutive WNBA Championships (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000), making a clean sweep of the league's titles in the first four years of the WNBA's existence

• Selected as the WNBA's Coach of the Year three times (1997, 1998, 1999)

• Served as coach in the WNBA's first two All-Star Games, leading the West to back-to-back victories in 1999 and 2000

• Joined the Comets after 19 highly successful seasons at the University of Mississippi where he compiled an overall record of 439-154

• Led Ole Miss to an SEC regular season championship in 1992

• Tabbed SEC Coach of the Year three times (1987, 1990, 1992)

• Won a pair of Mississippi high school championships (1977, 1978) at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport

• Also won a national title as an AAU coach, leading his team to a 15-under championship in 1974

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Did You Know

• The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame is home to the world's largest basketball. The Baden Ball measures 30-feet tall and weighs 10 tons.
• In the Hall you can test your basketball skills on three different courts, a timed dribbling course, and a vertical leap challenge.
• The Ring of Honor consists of over 100 jerseys hanging from the rafters of the back rotunda. These jerseys represent the top high school, college and professional players from the 2008-09 season.