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| Born | March 14, 1942 Gibsonville, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 24, 2009 (aged 66) Cary, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1971–1975 | Elon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–2009 | NC State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 737–344 (.682) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5× ACC regular season (1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1990) 4× ACC tournament (1980, 1985, 1987, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance (2007) FIBA Hall of Fame (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandra Kay Yow (March 14, 1942 – January 24, 2009) was an American basketball coach. She was the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team from 1975 to 2009. A member of the Naismith Hall of Fame, she had more than 700 career wins. She also coached the U.S. women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987.[1][2] In 2000, Yow was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2009, she was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
In April 2010, CollegeInsider.com created a new award called the Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award in her honor. It is presented annually to the women's college basketball head coach who displays great personal character on and off the court.
- ^ "N.C. State women's hoops coach Kay Yow dies". NBC Sports. 2009-01-24. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ Historical State: History in Red and White. "Kay Yow coaches in the Olympics (1988)". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.