Pat Summitt
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Patricia Susan Summitt (née Head) was an American women's college basketball head coach who won 1,098 titles, the most in college basketball history at the time, following her retirement.
She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee's basketball team from 1974 to 2012 before retiring at the age of 59 after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
She won eight NCAA championships (an NCAA women's record when she retired and the third all time) before retiring (association records). Summitt earned a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a member of the United States women's national basketball team.
She returned to the Olympics in 1984 as a head coach, leading the US women's basketball team to a gold medal.
In 2000, she was named Naismith Basketball Coach of the Century.
The Sporting News named her at number 11 on its list of the Top 50 Greatest Coaches of All Time in 2009; she was the only woman on the list.
She never lost in 38 years as a coach.
President Barack Obama named Summitt the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012 and the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2012 ESPY Awards. Summitt published three books, including co-author Sally Jenkins, including Reach for the Summitt, which is part of a motivational book and part biography; Raise the Roof, about the Lady Vols' 1997–1998 undefeated and NCAA championship season; and Sum It Up, a memoir about her life, including her diagnosis and living with Alzheimer's disease.
Early life and family
Summitt was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, on June 14, 1952, the daughter of Richard and Hazel Albright Head. Trish, a female name in her early years, was known as Trish. She had four children; older brothers Tommy, Charles, and Kenneth, as well as a younger sister, Linda.
Since Summitt was in high school, her family and her family migrated to Henrietta, so she could play basketball in Cheatham County, but Clarksville did not have a girls team. Summitt then went to the University of Tennessee in Martin, where she received All-American recognition for the first women's basketball coach at UT–Martin. There were no athletic scholarships for women in 1970, with the introduction of Title IX only two years ago. Each of Summitt's brothers had athletic scholarships, but her parents paid for college. She captained the United States women's national basketball team in the 1976 Summer Olympics as a spectator, winning the silver medal. In 1984, she guided the U.S. women's team to an Olympic gold medal, becoming the first American Olympian to win a basketball medal and coaching a medal-winning squad.
Personal life
In 1980, Pat Summitt married Ross Barnes Summitt II. Ross Tyler Summitt, the couple's one son, was born in 1990. In 2007, Summitt filed a divorce request from her husband.
Tyler Summitt, a walk-on for the Tennessee men's basketball team, graduated from Tennessee in May 2012. He was hired as an assistant coach by the Marquette University women's team in the 2012-13 season. Tyler's recruitment by Marquette was revealed on the same day his mother announced her resignation, according to ESPN.com columnist Gene Wojciechowski.
Summitt revealed in August 2011 that she had been diagnosed three months earlier with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She resigned from teaching in 2012.
Summitt established a foundation to raise money for Alzheimer's research and raising the issue of Alzheimer's research.
Summitt died on June 28, 2016, two weeks after her 64th birthday, at a senior living facility in Knoxville. Tyler, the entirety of her estate, was left to her son.
The Pat Summitt Alzheimer's Clinic at the University of Tennessee Medical Center was established after her death, with funds from her Foundation. The Pat Summitt Award was established in 2017 to honor individuals who positively influence college students.
Coaching career
After the previous coach abruptly resigned, 22-year-old Summitt, who was still in his infancy and not yet an NCAA-sanctioned sport, was named head coach of the Lady Vols in 1974–75. Summitt's uniforms were washed and washed the players' uniforms the previous year – uniforms were purchased the previous year with proceeds from a doughnut sale. During a February 2009 interview with Time, Summitt recalled the heyday of women's basketball. When I first started coaching, I had to drive the van," Summitt said. "We actually slept in the other team's gym the night before for a road game." We had mats and we had our little sleeping bags. We played at Tennessee Tech for three straight games, but we didn't wash our uniforms while I was a student at the University of Tennessee at Martin. We only had one set. We played because we loved the game. We didn't know anything about it."
Four of her players were only a year younger than she was when they were recruited to Tennessee high schools, which included offensive and defensive players who never crossed mid-court in Summitt's first year as head coach. She coached her first game for Tennessee against Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, on December 7, 1974; the Lady Vols lost 84–83. The Lady Vols defeated Middle Tennessee State 69–32 on January 10, 1975, her first victory came just over a month later. For the third year in a row, the Lady Vols won the Tennessee College Women's Sports Federation (TCWSF) Eastern District Championship. However, the team finished fourth overall in the TCWSF (they had been second in the previous two years), and they were not invited to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) tournament.
Summitt guided the Lady Vols to a 16–11 record in their second season as the co-captain of the 1976 U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team, which earned a silver medal in Montreal. Summitt led two 20-win teams from 1976-77, winning back-to-back AIAW Region II championships, beginning with the 1976-77 season. The Lady Vols won Tennessee its first ranked position after defeating 3-time AIAW champion Delta State by 20 points in 1978. The Lady Vols were in their first AIAW Final Four in 1978, where they finished third. Summitt defeated NC State 79-66 for her 100th victory of the season this year. Tennessee won the first-ever SEC tournament and then moved to the AIAW Final Four, where they finished runner-up to Old Dominion, 68–53.
The Lady Vols won their championship game against Old Dominion three times during the 1980-81 season, defeating them three times. For the third year in a row, the team made it to the AIAW Final Four for the third straight year, finishing runners-up for the second year in a row, losing to Louisiana Tech 79-59.
The first ever NCAA women's basketball tournament was held in 1981–82. The Lady Vols were one of 32 teams selected and named a 2 seed in their region. The Lady Vols advanced to the Final Four after defeating top-seeded USC 91–90 in overtime. They lost their Final Four match with Louisiana Tech, which went on to win the tournament.
The Lady Vols won the regular season SEC crown but lost in the SEC tournament to Georgia next season. Tennessee was admitted to the NCAA tournament for the first time and was voted the first-ever 1 seed. Tennessee made it to the regional championship but lost 67–63 to Georgia. During the Coca-Cola Classic in Detroit, Summitt won her 200th game on December 3, a 69–56 win over St. John's.
Tennessee was 6-4 at the start of the 1983–84 season. Summitt, on the other hand, gathered her team and finished 22–10 for her eighth straight 20-win season. Tennessee not only made it to the NCAA Final Four for the second time in the first three tournaments, but also made it to the championship game. Tennessee, on the other hand, lost by 11 to USC, who had also won the title the previous year. Summit has been named Coach of the Year by a distinguished Academy. The 1983-84 season was followed by another 20-win season in which Tennessee captured both the regular season SEC crown (despite only going 4–4) and the tournament championship. However, the Lady Vols lost in the NCAA tournament to Ole Miss in the round of 16. The Lady Vols had a good regular season, won the trophy for the second time in three years, but the Lady Vols had a rough season, and had a great tournament, but fell short of winning the tournament.
Tennessee won the Lady Vols' first national title in 1986-87 after breaking through and defeating perennial power Louisiana Tech 67–44. Tonya Edwards of Tennessee was named Most Outstanding Player in the Final Four. Summitt also won her 300th game, an 87–66 victory over North Carolina, during the regular season. The Lady Vols were expected to repeat in 1987-88, as Tennessee made it to the Final Four for the second time. Louisiana Tech won by 9 points over the previous year's championship game loss and moved on to win the title.
For the fourth year in a row, the Lady Vols reached the Final Four in 1988–89. Tennessee defeated Auburn by 12 points after losing by 12 points in Maryland. Auburn had lost by two points to Louisiana Tech in the NCAA championship game the previous year, and the university had lost by 15 points to Tennessee in its first game in the SEC Championship tournament. Tennessee won by 76–60, earning its second title in three years in three years. It was Tennessee's best season to date; the Lady Vols won 35 games but lost only two regular season games to Auburn and Texas. The Lady Vols won every NCAA tournament game by at least 12 points.
The Lady Vols began the season right in 1989-90 by winning the SEC championship. The team lost by a single point to Auburn in the SEC Championship Game and then lost in overtime to Virginia in the regional finals, just one game shy of advancing to the Final Four, which was held in Knoxville this year. Summitt won her 400th game of the season on January 25 in a 7–69 win over South Carolina.
Tennessee struggled to win either the SEC regular season or the tournament championship in 1990–91, but the Lady Vols eliminated Auburn for the second time in three years. The Lady Vols defeated Stanford 68–60 in the national semifinals, gaining the opportunity to avenge the previous year's tournament loss to Virginia. Just as the previous year's game had come to overtime, this one also did. Tennessee won by 70–67, its third national title in five years. The Lady Vols did not make it to the regional championship this season in 1991–92, losing 7–70 to the same Western Kentucky team that had defeated in the previous round. Tennessee defeated Stanford twice and swept the SEC season for the first time in 1992–93. The Lady Vols were unable to win the SEC tournament and fell 72-56 in the NCAA tournament to Iowa in the regional finals.
Summitt won her 500th game, an 80–45 victory over Ohio State on November 21 early in the 1993–94 season. Tennessee went on to win the regular season and tournament SEC crowns before falling 71–68 to Louisiana Tech in the regional semifinals. Tennessee's return to the Final Four was a highlight of the season. Tennessee won the SEC regular season for the third year in a row, but the tournament did not win the tournament for the third straight year. The top-seeded Lady Vols advanced to their fifth national championship game, with no other tournament match being closer to 21 points. However, in the first of 11 championships for UConn, the Lady Vols fell 70–64 to the undefeated UConn Huskies, coached by Summit's rival, Geno Auriemma. Summitt recruited high school stand-out Chamique Holdsc law during the off-season.
The Lady Vols won the SEC tournament in 1995–96, with freshman Holdsclaw and senior Michelle M. Marciniak as the Lady Vols' second straight Final Four champion. The Lady Vols overcame the previous year's tournament loss to UConn by defeating Auriemma and the Huskies by a narrow 5-point victory in overtime. Tennessee held its fourth title with an 83–65 victory over Georgia, but not quite close.
The 1996–97 Lady Vols set one of the worst records for a Summitt-coached team ever. Tennessee fell to teams like Florida, which had previously undefeated teams, including Louisiana Tech (twice), Stanford, Old Dominion, and Connecticut. Summitt won by a 15-point victory over Marquette on November 23, 1996, giving her her 600th victory. A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back, an HBO documentary titled Summitt and the 1996-1997 championship team. The Lady Vols held their record at 23-10 going into the NCAA tournament. Tennessee earned the team's second straight national championship after losing the team's second straight national championship, despite being stunned by the tournament's previously undefeated Connecticut.
The 1997–98 team was Summitt's best in many respects. The Lady Vols enjoyed a 39–0 season in the country, despite having one of the top-ranked recruiting class as well as Chamique Holdsclaw. Only three teams came within ten points of defeating the team, but the Lady Vols triumphed 93–75 over Louisiana Tech for their third straight national championship. Following the championship game, Tennessee head coach Leon Balmore declared the Tennessee team to be the "best ever," repeating Old Dominion University Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman's statement.
Holdsc law (who had won national championships every season when she was with the Vols) predicted that the 1998–99 team would be the best ever. However, Tennessee did not win another national title or make it to the Final Four. Multiple players were injured on the team, and the Lady Vols eventually lost to Duke in the regional finals. However, Holdsc law, Tamika Catchings, and Semeka Randall made history by announcing the first three players from one team to be named Kodak All-Americans, a record was set during the season.
The Lady Vols concluded the decade with their third straight SEC title and third straight SEC Championship, as well as their third straight SEC Championship and third straight SEC Tournament victory. In addition, they defeated UConn in the regular season, 72–71, in UConn's first loss of the year. Tennessee thrashed the NCAA championship, winning all five games by at least 10 points. The Lady Vols were soundly defeated by UConn, 72-152, in the championship game. This was the fourth time either Tennessee or UConn had barred one from the tournament in six years. UConn's two victories in that period came in championship games, adding to the tension between the Summit-Auriemma rivalry. Summitt won by 85–62 at Wisconsin, her 700th victory of the season.
The Lady Vols basketball team and the Florida State Seminoles football team were named co-team of the decade at the 2000 ESPY awards. In addition, Summitt was named the Naismith Coach of the Century, and Chamique Holdsc law was named as the Naismith Women's Collegiate Player of the Century.
The Lady Vols captured their second SEC title in 2000-2001, winning all 14 SEC games. In addition, they ended the season with the UConn Huskies and moved into the SEC tournament with a 28-1 record. The Lady Vols were shocked by Vanderbilt in the semifinals and then lost in the Sweet Sixteen to Xavier, their lowest finish since 1993-94. Summitt won in their second game against UConn, a 92-88 victory, in the regular season. The team also won their fourth straight 30-win season.
The Lady Vols won their fifth straight SEC championship in 2001-2002, but they fell again in the conference tournament, this time to LSU. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt University by 5-points in the NCAA tournament. Summitt's 13th appearance in the Final Four marked her 13th appearance, which tied for her 12th appearance, tied for the winningest coach in women's basketball history. However, the Lady Vols lost in the national semifinals to Connecticut, where they ended up winning the championship and caping an undefeated season. Summitt's season ended with a 29–5 win, just one win shy of extending Summitt's winning streak to 30-win seasons. Summitt did win more this season; a victory over USC marked Summitt's 200th victory against a ranked opponent, and her 93–65 victory over Arkansas was her 1,000th game as a coach, including international competitions.
The Lady Vols finished their sixth perfect SEC season in 2002-03, defeating powerhouses Duke and Louisiana Tech, among others, but not to Texas and UConn. The Lady Vols made it to the championship game but then fell 73–68 to the Huskies. Summitt won by 76–57 over DePaul in her 800th appearance, and she became the fastest coach to reach this record.
The 2003-2004 season was similar to the previous year. The Lady Vols defeated most of their regular season opponents, including Duke and Louisiana Tech, but then moved to UConn and Texas. The Lady Vols were 14–0 in the regular season against SEC competition, but they fell in the conference tournament. Tennessee won five games in the NCAA tournament but lost 761-61 to Connecticut in the championship game for the second year in a row and third time in five years.
Tennessee defeated Connecticut 68–67 in the regular season in 2004–05, snapping an eight-month losing streak. Candace Parker, a nationally known high school player, joined the Lady Vols in 1996. However, she was redshirted and did not play this season due to injuries. Tennessee defeated Stanford and Louisiana Tech during the regular season, suffering losses to Duke, Rutgers, and LSU. The Tigers' victory over Tennessee gave them the SEC title, snaping Tennessee's streak of seven straight regular season conference championships. Tennessee secured its first tournament title in four years by defeating LSU in the SEC Championship game by 67–65. Tennessee defeated a Rutgers team that had defeated them earlier this year in the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in a row. The Lady Vols took the lead in the Final Four, losing 68-64 to underdog Michigan State. The Lady Vols defeated Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Pat Summitt won her 880th game, breaking North Carolina coach Dean Smith's record of 879 wins and making her the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history.
Parker had recovered from her injuries and became a starter by 2005–06. The Lady Vols dropped three games to SEC opponents, LSU, Florida, and Kentucky, and Kentucky, to mark their worst SEC season since the 1996-97 season. Nonetheless, the team won their second straight game against Connecticut and recovered from a subpar SEC season to win the conference tournament for the second year in a row. Tennessee received a number two seed in the NCAA tournament instead of the one seed Summitt, and North Carolina defeated North Carolina in the regional finals. Tennessee was trailed from the start and fell behind by as many as 16, but ultimately fell 763-63.
Tennessee defeated four top-ranked teams in a row in 2006: UCLA, Stanford, Arizona State, and Middle Tennessee all lost a regular season match against North Carolina, as well as another game against top-ranked Duke, and Tennessee defeated UConn for the third time in a row. In a game where Candace Parker scored 27 points, the Lady Vols clinched the SEC championship over LSU in Baton Rouge later today. Tennessee, on the other hand, lost to the Tigers in the SEC tournament semifinals. Summitt's crew made it to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament, defeating SEC opponents Mississippi and 13-seeded Cinderella, Marist, who both won each game by at least 14. Tennessee met North Carolina in the Final Four. Despite shooting poorly, the Lady Vols came back from a 12-point deficit to win 56-51. Tennessee captured its seventh title in the championship game against Rutgers. Summitt appeared in a cheerleader outfit at a men's basketball game and led the crowd in a rendition of "Rocky Top" to show her love for the team throughout the season. Bruce Pearl, her male counterpart, arrived in orange body paint at a Lady Vols game a month earlier.
The top-ranked Lady Vols went 3–0, with victories over 9th-ranked Oklahoma and 22nd-ranked Texas. Summitt's 950th victory over Texas was the 950th. Top-ranked Tennessee defeated fourth-ranked North Carolina, 83–79, in a rematch of the previous year's Final Four match-up, rematch of the previous year's Final Four matches. Tennessee won their next four games before heading to California for a match against 5th-ranked Stanford. The Lady Vols managed to tie the game up and send it to overtime with fewer than 30 seconds remaining, but lost, 73–69. The Lady Vols responded by winning their next seven games, giving them a 17–1 advantage going into a match against Duke. Candace Parker's 17 points and 12 rebounds, as well as a bucket with 22 seconds remaining, helped the Lady Vols beat the Blue Devils for the first time in four years, 67–64. Tennessee will win the SEC championship for the remainder of their regular season games and defeat LSU. In the NCAA Tournament, the Lady Vols have won four straight games against the LSU Lady Tigers in the final Four, their third matchup of the year. Alexis Hornbuckle won the game 47–46 after being tipped in a Nicky Anosike missed layup with 0.7 seconds remaining. Tennessee defeated Stanford 64–48 on April 8, 2008, winning its second straight national championship (and eighth overall).
Summitt's first victory of the 2008–09 season was a 73–43 victory over the Georgia Lady Bulldogs at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville on February 5, 2009. Coach Summitt was ranked number 1000. In her honor, the Thompson-Boling Arena court was named "The Summitt" in her honor. The Lady Vols lost 71–55 in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Ball State in Bowling Green, Kentucky, marking the first time Tennessee hasn't appeared in the Sweet 16 since the NCAA first sanctioned championships in women's basketball was held for the 1981–82 season.
In 2011, Summitt was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Despite the illness, she spent the 2011–2012 season in a limited capacity, with Holly Warlick (an assistant under Summitt since 1985) taking the bulk of the coaching duties. Summitt said in a GoVolsXtra.com interview, "There will not be any pity party" and "I'll make sure of it." Summitt was named as the year's Sports Illustrated sportswoman of the year in December 2011.
As the 2011-12 season began, the team and the fans knew that it was likely to be Summitt's last year teaching, and Ann Killion of Sports Illustrated said it would be "heart-wrenching to see" when Warlick broke down in tears at the end of the regular season. John Adams wrote in the Knoxville News Sentinel in March that another season of Summitt and her workers would be "too much to ask," and that David Climer said in The Tennessean that it was time for Summitt to end.
Summitt resigned as head coach in Des Moines on April 18, 2012, after the Lady Vols lost to the unbeaten eventual champion Baylor Bears in the Elite Eight, ending her 38-year coaching career at age 59. Warlick was appointed Summitt's successor. "I feel like Holly's been doing the bulk of it," Summitt said in a tweet accompanying her resignation. "She deserving to be the head coach" after she resigned. According to NCAA rules, she was able to attend practices and support Warlick in some roles, but not allowed to sit on the team bench.
At the 2012 Final Four, Summitt received the USBWA Most Courageous Award, and future awards were given in her name. In her acceptance address, she was given the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 2012, she said, "It is time to fight."