Don't know where else to put this, but a coaching giant passed yesterday following a battle with early onset dementia. She was only 64.
1098-208, .841
8 National Championships
16 SEC Championships
16 SEC Tournament Championships
7 x NCAA Coach of the Year
Naismith Coach of the 20th Century
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom
That's quite a resume.
1098-208, .841
8 National Championships
16 SEC Championships
16 SEC Tournament Championships
7 x NCAA Coach of the Year
Naismith Coach of the 20th Century
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom
That's quite a resume.
Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee, has died. She was 64.
With an icy glare on the sidelines, Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight national championships and prominence on a campus steeped in the traditions of the football-rich south until she retired in 2012.
Her son, Tyler Summitt, issued a statement Tuesday morning saying his mother died peacefully at Sherrill Hill Senior Living in Knoxville surrounded by those who loved her most.