Pat Summitt

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Pat Summitt was a legendary American college basketball coach who built the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers into a national powerhouse and became one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history.


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instanceOf basketball coach
college basketball coach
human
women's basketball coach
awardReceived Arthur Ashe Courage Award
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction
Naismith College Coach of the Year
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease
child Tyler Summitt
coachedTeam Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
United States women's national basketball team
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1952-06-14
dateOfDeath 2016-06-28
education University of Tennessee at Martin
employer University of Tennessee
endTime 2012
familyName Summitt
fullName Patricia Sue Summitt
genreOfWork autobiography
givenName Patricia
hallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
honor Tennessee Lady Vols court named "The Summitt" in her honor
knownFor building Tennessee Lady Volunteers into a national powerhouse in women's college basketball
league NCAA Division I
memberOfSportsTeam Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
nationality American
NCAADivisionIChampionshipsWonWithTeam Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
notableAchievement first NCAA Division I coach to reach 1,000 career wins
one of the winningest coaches in NCAA basketball history
notableWork Reach for the Summit
Sum It Up
numberOfNCAADivisionIChampionshipsWonAsCoach 8
occupation basketball coach
placeOfBirth Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDeath Knoxville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED
playedFor UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball
positionHeld head coach of Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team
religion Christianity
residence Knoxville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
sport basketball
sportPlayed college basketball
spouse R. B. Summitt
startTime 1974
totalCareerLossesAsCollegeCoach 208
totalCareerWinsAsCollegeCoach 1098


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