Tennessee Vols Womens Basketball Coach Pat Summitt

Knoxville is known for having a large womens basketball following as well as being the home of the university of tennessee s lady vols basketball team previously coached by womens coach pat summitt who was part of the first class inducted.

Tennessee vols womens basketball coach pat summitt. Tennessee a legendary basketball coach passed away on tuesday june 28th. Daedra charles and dena head front take time out during lady vols media day to fuss over tyler summitt the snoozing 20 day old son of tennessee womens basketball coach pat summitt on oct. Hall of fame coach pat summitt a pioneer of womens college basketball who guided the tennessee volunteers to eight national titles in her 38 seasons at the university died tuesday morning. Pat summitt is perhaps best known for winning more games than any other ncaa division 1 basketball coach male or female.

The late pat summitt the legendary tennessee womens basketball coach was known for the icy stare she would give her players from the sideline during games. Pat summitts top 10 wins as lady vols head coach then came the famous 2007 matchup when bruce pearl then coach of the ut mens basketball program stole headlines by showing up. Summitt died june 28 after a five year battle with alzheimers disease. Pat summitt and chamique holdsclaw teamed up for three consecutive ncaa titles in 1996 97 and 98.

June 14 1952 june 28 2016 was an american womens college basketball head coach who accrued 1098 career wins the most in college basketball history upon her retirement. Ap photomark humphrey holdsclaw led the lady vols to ncaa titles in 1996 97 and 98. University of tennessee coach pat summitt died on tuesday morning after battling early onset alzheimers. She spent 38 years as the head coach of the university of tennessee womens.