She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012 and is considered one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. Summitt won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a member of the United States women's national basketball team.

15 hours ago · Tennessee Volunteers coach Kim Caldwell had a wholesome quote about how Pat Summitt would have reacted to her team's upset win against UConn. Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach Kim Caldwell in ...

19 hours ago · Summitt, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2011, died in 2016. Caldwell's father, Scott Stephens, was her assistant coach at Glenville State, her first head coaching job. Stephens died of a ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Pat Summitt, American collegiate women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee (1974–2012) who led the squad to eight National Collegiate Athletic Association championships (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996–98, and 2007–08) and set a record for most career Division I coaching victories (1,098).

2 days ago · KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A pillar of Tennessee athletics, Pat Summitt, is set to be honored with a WeCOACH Lifetime Achievement Award. The news came Wednesday, when the group announced that Tennessee’s top women’s basketball coach of all time would receive the prestigious award.

Jun 28, 2016 · Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee, died Tuesday. She was...

Jun 20, 2017 · KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Pat Summitt, legendary Lady Vol basketball coach, mentor and mother-figure to her players; a revered ambassador for her university and state; a trailblazer for women; and a role model for people all over the world passed away Tuesday, June 28, in Knoxville at the age of 64.

No one did a better job of managing what goes on inside the 94x50 rectangle known as a collegiate basketball court than the late Pat Summitt. The legendary coach concluded a 38-year tenure at the helm of the Lady Vols on April 18, 2012, with a 1,098-208 overall record after raising the bar in the collegiate basketball world every time she ...

Jun 20, 2017 · Summitt's career victory total was the most of any coach in the history of NCAA men's or women's basketball at the time of her retirement. She guided her teams to eight NCAA National Championships (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008).

Pat put women’s basketball on the radar nationally, and she made the Lady Vols basketball program the nation’s best. During her tenure, the Lady Vols won eight NCAA titles and a combined 32 Southeastern Conference tournament and regular season championships.