Summitt, Patricia Susan June was an American women’s collegiate basketball head coach who retired with 1,098 career victories, the most in the history of the sport.
From 1974 through 2012, she was the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team.
Summitt was a member of the United States women’s national basketball team that earned a silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
In 1984, she returned to the Olympics as a head coach, leading the United States women’s basketball team to gold.
How old was Pat Summitt when she died?
Pat Summitt was 64 years old when she died
Why did Pat Summitt stop playing UConn?
Summitt retired in 2012 at the age of 59 due to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
The fact that Tennessee didn’t play UConn didn’t help the women’s game, but the loss of Summitt was devastating.
Pat Summitt also accused UConn of recruiting unfairly claiming that this is why she will not play for the Huskies.
How much was Pat Summitt paid when she started coaching?
In her first season at Tennessee, Summitt earned a salary of $8,900