Pat Summitt

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Pat Summitt's photo was taken by Secretary of State Pete Geren in his Pentagon office on June 24, 2008.

Patricia Sue Summitt (born Patricia Sue Head, born June 14, 1952 in Clarksville , Tennessee , † June 28, 2016 in Knoxville , Tennessee) was an American college basketball coach in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Pat Summitt has coached the Lady Volunteers, the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team, since 1974 , leading their teams to a total of eight NCAA Division I basketball championships . She is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and the FIBA Hall of Fame .

Career

In her youth, Summitt was a talented basketball player. At the Olympic premiere of this sport for women (1976 in Montreal) she represented the colors of the United States and won the silver medal under her maiden name Head. After her playing career, she became the team's full-time coach. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Summitt won the gold medal as the coach of the US women's basketball team. In August 2011, she announced that she had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease three months earlier . Despite the diagnosis, she ended the 2011/12 season with a restricted function with the help of her longtime assistant, Holly Warlick. She ended her career on April 18, 2012. By then, she had been a Lady Volunteers Trainer for over three decades and was one of the most successful college coaches of all time with eight NCAA titles.

Summitt's best-known players included WNBA stars Tonya Edwards , Chamique Holdsclaw , Tamika Catchings and Candace Parker .

Private life

Pat Summitt had three brothers and a younger sister. Her childhood was austere as her father Richard Head spared himself and his family hard physical labor on the local farm. However, he was also a basketball fan, which is why the young pat was interested in this sport. Summitt was married to RB Summitt II since 1980. After 27 years, the marriage ended in divorce in 2007. From this marriage she had a grown son.

Pat Summitt died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 64 .

Honors

See also

Web links

Commons : Pat Summitt  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Legendary Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt dies at 64
  2. ↑ edition.cnn.com: Pat Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach, dies at 64 articles from June 28, 2016, update from July 1, 2016 (English)
  3. ^ Honorary Doctorates. In: ussa.edu. United States Sports Academy, archived from the original on May 4, 2014 ; accessed on May 4, 2014 .
  4. ↑ utladyvols.com ( Memento April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ The White House: President Obama Names Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients (April 26, 2012, accessed May 30, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Summitt, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Summitt, Patricia Sue (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Clarksville , USA
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 2016
Place of death Knoxville , Tennessee