Pat Summit

[redneck joe]

Not a huge basketball fan, not a TN Vols fan - but you cannot deny her greatness. Kind of a long read much she did a lot.




en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Summitt

 

[southkogs]

She was known for being an incredible lady - kind, yet very potent. Condolences to her family and the many lives she touched.

 

[redneck joe]

• Your family moves to the next county because your hometown high school didn?t have a basketball program
• During college play on the team that goes to the National Championships twice
• Junior year of college play on team that wins Silver in the World University Games
• Graduate as all-time points leader for your college (still stands today)
• 1975 play on the team that wins the Silver in the Pan Am Games, while starting coaching career
• At 22 become the Head Coach of a university basketball program which includes doing the team?s laundry, coaching players that were mostly a year or two younger than you and have to drive the team van
• Earn your Masters in Physical Education during your second year of being a head coach - while training to play in the 76 Olympics.
• Take the Silver as a player in the 76 Olympics which coaching your college team
• Take the Gold in 1984 Olympics as a coach, only time ever this and the above have happened
• All-time leader in Division one wins; 84% overall and 91% at home
• Never have a losing season in a 38 year career
• Win the first SEC tournament ever held
• Eight 20+ win seasons, a record that still stands today
• 3 back to back to back National Titles
• 8 total National Titles
• 19 of your players followed coaching as a career, including your son
• 34 of your players competed in the Olympic Games
• 100% graduation rate of all players coached over 38 years
• Publish three books
• Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Arthur Ashe Courage Award

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Summitt


Awards and titles

• 16-time SEC Champions (1980, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,[16] 2007,[51] 2010, 2011)
• 16-time SEC Tournament Champions (1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)[16]
• 8-time SEC Coach of the Year (1983, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011)[52]
• 7-time NCAA Coach of the Year (1983, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2004)[16]
• 8-time NCAA Champions (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008)[16]

Records
Note: The first season for NCAA Division I women's basketball was the 1981?82 season. Prior to that, Tennessee played women's basketball in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) in Division I.

• 2nd in NCAA women's basketball championships (8) behind Geno Auriemma (11)
• Most seasons coached in NCAA/AIAW play without a losing record (38, lost more than 9 games in a season only 7 times and more than 10 games in a season only twice)
• Most consecutive NCAA/AIAW postseason appearances (38, never missed a tournament)
• Most number 1 seeds in NCAA Division I tournament history (21)
• Most wins as an NCAA/AIAW Division I basketball head coach (1,098; in second place is Mike Krzyzewski with 1,040 wins)
• Most wins in NCAA tournament history (112)
• Most NCAA Final Four appearances (18, six more than John Wooden, who holds the men's records)
• Most NCAA/AIAW Championship game appearances (15)
• Most 20-win seasons in NCAA/AIAW play (36, all consecutive seasons)
• 2nd in 30-win seasons in NCAA/AIAW play (20) behind Geno Auriemma (21)
• Third all-time in NCAA Division I winning percentage (minimum 10 seasons) (.841), bested only by Geno Auriemma (.873) and Leon Barmore (.869)
• 45 former players have become coaches.[62]
• Every Lady Vol player who completed her eligibility at Tennessee under Summitt graduated with a degree or is in the process of doing so.[63][64]
• Every Lady Vol player who completed her eligibility at Tennessee under Summitt played in at least one Elite Eight.

Honors

• 1983?Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year[53]
• 1990?Inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame as a coach, the first year coaches were honored.[54]
• 1995?Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year[53]
• 1998?Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year[53]
• 1998?AP College Basketball Coach of the Year[55]
• 1999?Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the inaugural class.[56]
• 2000?Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[57]
• April 2000?Named the Naismith Basketball Coach of the Century.
• 2008?Named Best Coach/Manager ESPY Award. Award encompasses all sports college and professional
• 2009?Named to Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest coaches of all time (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, college basketball, and college football). She is listed in position 11.[58]
• 2011?Named Sports Illustrated's Sportswoman of the Year, December 6, 2011 in NYC. (She shared the Sportsman/Sportswoman honor with Duke University men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski.)
• 2011-Inducted into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame.[59]
• Summitt is the only person to have two courts used by NCAA Division I basketball teams named in her honor: "Pat Head Summitt Court" at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and "The Summitt" at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
• She also has two streets named after her: "Pat Head Summitt Street" on the University of Tennessee campus and "Pat Head Summitt Avenue" on the University of Tennessee at Martin campus.
• 2012?Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
• Arthur Ashe Courage Award Recipient at the 2012 ESPY Awards[60]
• 2013?Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame on June 19.[61]

 

[bruceb58]

Sad how dementia takes your life away even while you are still alive. I lost my dad two months ago to this horrible disease. Mentally, he was lost for the previous 8 years.

 

[aspeck]

My other was diagnosed with dementia about 3 years before Pat Summit. Mom is still hanging in there, even though she can't remember how to walk and talk. It is a tough disease to deal with. Prayers go out to the Summit Family. She was a fine LADY! She always had my respect and admiration, and even more so when she was diagnosed and still fought on as long as she could without harming her teams.

 

[redneck joe]

and my absolute favorite

 

[Tnstratofam]

Thanks for posting Joe.

She was an awesome coach and a truly great woman. Determination and Dedication that few can match.

Her legacy is The Lady Vols!

 

[David Young]

She was a great coach and a great person. She will be missed

 

[redneck joe]

I'm a recent transplant to TN (2008) and don't follow college ball and even more so lady's teams. I learned about her of course living here, then when she retired, but today really digging in and understanding why there was so much coverage (CBS this Morning first 8 minutes today on this so not just a local story) it is just f'ing amazing what she accomplished.

f'ing amazing.


Just almost beyond belief. Really. Hell I'm a 30 year KC Chiefs fan doesn't take much to impress me but this...



I have always hoped I could get an obituary in the Economist (I never will). I hope she doe and I'll post it here.

 

[drrpm]

I don't know if its true, but I heard that she insisted that all of her players were to sit in the first 3 rows in class and unexcused absences were not tolerated. Its too bad that's not a rule everywhere.

 

[bruceb58]

I don't know if its true, but I heard that she insisted that all of her players were to sit in the first 3 rows in class and unexcused absences were not tolerated. Its too bad that's not a rule everywhere.

Her players supposedly had a 100% graduation rate. Pretty unheard of especially considering at an SEC school.

 

[southkogs]

Fun story HERE about her taking over a men's ball practice.