Barbara Stevens (born September 20, 1954)[1] is the former head coach of the Bentley University women's basketball team.

Stevens had previously served as head basketball coach for Clark University and Massachusetts.

She played sports, but noted in an article about the history of Title IX, at the time "it was almost embarrassing sometimes to be known as a female athlete".

She noted about the experience, "Those of us who were interested in sports did play, but in front of very few people and with very little fanfare and very little notice.

She remained the head coach at Clark for six seasons with three MAIAW titles and five postseason appearances.

[7] She took over the head coaching duties at Massachusetts in 1983, inheriting a team that had a record of 5–22 in the prior year.

In her final year at Massachusetts, her team played Connecticut, which at the time was not a recognized basketball power.

He noted that Massachusetts had beaten UConn the previous year and they were leading by substantial margin in this game.

UConn ended up winning the game 62–59; Auriemma rates it as one of his favorite memories and said of UMass, "they are a good team, well coached by Barbara Stevens.

[12] In March 2018, Bentley University made the decision to name the basketball court in the Dana Athletic Center after Stevens.