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Post by picabo on Jun 26, 2016 22:26:14 GMT -5
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Post by kritz on Jun 28, 2016 7:33:24 GMT -5
Reported this morning that she has passed.
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Post by picabo on Jun 28, 2016 13:38:33 GMT -5
From MSN Sports:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 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.
"Since 2011, my mother has battled her toughest opponent, early onset dementia, `Alzheimer's Type,' and she did so with bravely fierce determination just as she did with every opponent she ever faced," Tyler Summitt said. "Even though it's incredibly difficult to come to terms that she is no longer with us, we can all find peace in knowing she no longer carries the heavy burden of this disease."
Summitt helped grow college women's basketball as her Lady Vols dominated the sport in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning six titles in 12 years. Tennessee -- the only school she coached -- won NCAA titles in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996-98 and 2007-08.
Summitt had a career record of 1,098-208 in 38 seasons, plus 18 NCAA Final Four appearances.
She announced in 2011 at age 59 that she'd been diagnosed with early onset dementia.
She coached one more season before stepping down.
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Post by picabo on Jun 28, 2016 18:37:00 GMT -5
Watched an interview with Holly Warlick - current coach of the Lady Vols and former player for Coach Summitt.
Coach Warlick stated that Coach Summitt's players had a 100% graduation rate!
Wow.
Summitt believed that discipline in the classroom translated to discipline on the court.
I grew up watching Summitt coached teams, but the more I learn about the character of this woman,
more I am convinced we lost a true legend.
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Post by sportsjock on Jun 28, 2016 23:07:39 GMT -5
America has lost a great coaching icon and incredible person.
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