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
Medal record
Representing United States
World University Games
1973 Moscow
Team Competition
Pan American Games
1975 Mexico
Player
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
Player
Women's Basketball
Head coach for United States
William Jones Cup
1984 Taipei
Team Competition
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles
Team Competition
FIBA World Championship for Women
1983 Sao Paulo
Team Competition
FIBA World Championship for Women
1979 Seoul
Team Competition
William Jones Cup
1979 Taipei
Team Competition
Pan American Games
1979 San Juan
Team Competition
Patricia Susan Summitt (née Head; June 14, 1952 – June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 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.
Patricia Susan Summitt (née Head; June 14, 1952 – June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career wins,...
and Pat Head Summitt. PatSummitt was a former head coach of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team. Throughout his childhood, Summitt was...
recent being in 2008). The Lady Vols were coached by PatSummitt for over four decades. Under Summitt, the Lady Vols won numerous SEC titles, appeared in...
Tennessee, becoming the first non-Tennessee alum to lead the program since PatSummitt (a UT Martin graduate). Glenville State University Mountain East Conference...
Look up Summitt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Summitt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: PatSummitt (1952–2016), American college...
the Definite Dozen program, a 12-step guide to success created by PatSummitt. Summitt, a former University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach, passed...
emotional Parker uttered the words "this is for Pat," implying that the championship win was in honor of PatSummitt. Parker won her first championship and won...
head coach for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. She replaced head coach PatSummitt prior to the 2012–13 season and held the position until the end of the...
March 17, 2018, Krzyzewski won his 1,099th game in his career, passing PatSummitt for most wins by a Division I coach, male or female. On February 16,...
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. On December 15, 2020, she passed PatSummitt for most wins in women's college basketball history. On January 21, 2024...
Vols extended to Auriemma's relationship with Volunteers counterpart PatSummitt. The two, through print and broadcast media, were often at odds. At the...
women's side has also had five multiple winners: Geno Auriemma with eight; PatSummitt with five; Dawn Staley with four; and Muffet McGraw and Tara VanDerveer...
Thompson–Boling Arena, on a court nicknamed "the Summitt", after former Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach PatSummitt. With a current capacity of 21,678 (formerly...
Tennessee (UT) and played for the Lady Vols basketball team, coached by PatSummitt. She enrolled in UT's College of Business, and graduated in 2003 with...
fan of the Lady Vols and coach PatSummitt prior to joining them. She was one of the last players to sign with Summitt. Carter played five games in the...
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