 Summitt at The Pentagon on June 6, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 14, 1952 Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 28, 2016 (aged 64) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1974 | Tennessee–Martin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–2012 | Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 1,098–208 (.841) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8× NCAA Division I tournament (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996–1998, 2007, 2008)
18× NCAA Regional—Final Four (1982, 1984, 1986–1989, 1991, 1995–1998, 2000, 2002–2008) 16× SEC Tournament (1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998–2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010–2012) 16× SEC regular season (1980, 1985, 1990, 1993–1995, 1998, 1999–2004, 2007, 2010, 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012) Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the year (2011) John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2008) Naismith Coach of the 20th Century (2000) 5× Naismith Coach of the Year (1987, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2004) 3× WBCA Coach of the Year (1983, 1995, 1998) AP Coach of the Year (1998) USBWA Coach of the Year (1998) 8× SEC Coach of the Year (1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011) Best Coach/Manager ESPY Award (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2000 (profile) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA Hall of Fame as player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patricia Susan Summitt (née Head; June 14, 1952 – June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach and college basketball player. As a coach, she acquired 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012.
Summitt won 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, guiding the U.S. women's basketball team to a gold medal. Summitt won eight NCAA Division I basketball championships. In 38 years as coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, she never missed the NCAA Tournament nor did she ever have a losing season. Summitt retired from coaching at age 59 following a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Summitt was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 as a member of its inaugural class. She was named the Naismith Basketball Coach of the Century in 2000. In 2009, the Sporting News placed her at number 11 on its list of the 50 Greatest Coaches of All Time in all sports; she was the only woman on the list. In 2012, Summitt was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2012 ESPY Awards. In 2013, she was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.