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2010-11 Desktop Wallpapers
  -- (Aug. 24, 2010) --
Desktop Wallpapers are back for the 2010-11 athletic year. The August calendars are available now, and be sure to check back each month for the newest version.
Video: Summitt Paints "The Rock"
  -- (Aug. 16, 2010) --
Pat Summitt talks to UTLadyVols.com after helping paint a welcome message to the Class of 2014 on "The Rock" with Bruce Pearl and University of Tennessee Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.
Lady Vols Signing Autographs on Saturday
  -- (Apr. 21, 2010) --
The Lady Vols basketball team will sign autographs before the Lady Vols softball team faces No. 4 Florida on Saturday at 1 p.m. The autograph session will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Regal Soccer Stadium, located across from softball's Sherri Parker Lee Stadium on Stephenson Drive.
Lady Vols' signee Simmons named A-A Co-MOP
  -- (Apr. 1, 2010) --
The Tennessee Lady Vols had only one representative at the McDonald's All-America game, but Meighan Simmons put on quite a show. The 5-9 guard from Cibolo, Texas, near San Antonio, was the game's leading scorer with 21 points and was named the Co-Most Outstanding Player.
UT's lineup 'had leaks at each end'
  -- (Mar. 27, 2010) --
Tennessee's Kelley Cain looks up from a huddle of teammates Saturday during the Memphis Regional against Baylor. MEMPHIS - A lineup quandary left Tennessee torn about whom to play against Baylor on Saturday afternoon.
Tennessee and Baylor Quotes from Friday Press Conference
  -- (Mar. 26, 2010) --
Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt: What do you think the crowd will be like, playing in-state? I definitely think there will be a lot that will travel from east Tennessee, but also here in Memphis. I expect us to have a great crowd.
Open season for Spani
  -- (Mar. 26, 2010) --
The Tennessee freshman is translating coach Pat Summitt's advice into inspiration, converting 11 of 15 attempts and averaging 13 points for two NCAA women's basketball tournament games.
Cain’s inside play powering Lady Vols into tournament
DailyBeacon.utk.edu -- (Mar. 22, 2010) --
After suffering an injury to her knee during the Tennessee Lady Vols’ first-round loss in the NCAA Tournament to Ball State last season, sophomore center Kelley Cain had a lot to prove this season. In the Lady Vols’ opening round game against the Austin Peay Lady Governors, Cain registered 18 points and 12 rebounds in UT’s 75-42 win.
Lady Vols are back on NCAA track
SFGate.com -- (Mar. 22, 2010) --
Kelley Cain had 18 points and 12 rebounds as top seed Tennessee beat No. 16 seeded Austin Peay 75-42 in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday in an opening round NCAA Tournament game in the Memphis Regional.
Lady Vols roll, Rizzotti ejected
  -- (Mar. 20, 2010) --
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt uttered the De Niro-like "You talkin' to me?" line the other day. OK, it really wasn't said with Travis Bickle attitude and she was, um, only speaking to a teleconference operator to see if it was her turn to talk but still …
Alyssia Brewer mixes NCAA madness, homework
  -- (Mar. 19, 2010) --
Alyssia Brewer got an early taste of March Madness courtesy of the Tennessee men's basketball team. The Lady Vols forward tuned in for the tense finish of the Vols' 62-59 win.
Lady Vols Enjoying Bulls Eye as Tournament Begins
  -- (Mar. 19, 2010) --
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- One thing has changed for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers as they prepare for their 20th NCAA tournament as a No. 1 seed. They're comfortable once again being the team to beat.
Nothing to lose for Lady Govs against Lady Vols
  -- (Mar. 18, 2010) --
Austin Peay's nonconference schedule played out like an NCAA women's basketball tournament bracket. Facing such teams as Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt and Xavier was by design, Lady Govs coach Carrie Daniels said.
Tyler Summitt wants to coach
  -- (Mar. 17, 2010) --
Tyler Summitt spent his entire childhood around gyms -- no surprise he wants to spend the rest of his life in one. As the son of the NCAA's winningest basketball coach, he grew up making trips to the Final Four with his mom, Pat Summitt, and doing homework with the Tennessee Lady Volunteers.
Lady Vols getting a feel for challenge ahead
  -- (Mar. 16, 2010) --
Pat Summitt prefers the NCAA tournament to be a "feel-good time" for her team. The Tennessee women's basketball coach had a noticeable feel-me presence, though, during the course of ESPN's selection show Monday night.
Lady Vols Bjorklund, Cain named first-team All-SEC
  -- (Mar. 16, 2010) --
Tennessee Lady Vols Angie Bjorklund and Kelley Cain were named first-team All-SEC by the Associated Press on Tuesday. Lady Vol Shekinna Stricklen was named to the second team.
Lady Vols Get No. 1 Seed in Memphis Regional
  -- (Mar. 16, 2010) --
KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee's offseason work paid off. The Lady Vols have earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament a year after their worst postseason finish. "They wanted to get better," coach Pat Summitt said. "I think they were embarrassed.
NCAA Capsules-Memphis Regional
  -- (Mar. 16, 2010) --
A look at the teams in the Memphis regional of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament: Tennessee, Knoxville, 30-2, Nickname: Lady Vols, Coach: Pat Summitt, Conference: Southeastern, Bid: SEC champion, Region: Memphis. Seed: No. 1.
Lady Vols No. 3 in final AP poll
  -- (Mar. 15, 2010) --
The top 25 teams in the final 2009-10 The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Hey coach, put on a happy face
  -- (Mar. 1, 2010) --
The record and stats tell you this is another dominant Tennessee women's basketball team. A 75-63 victory over Ole Miss tells you something else. The Lady Vols became the 14th team in school history to lose two or fewer games during the regular season.
Lady Vols enters top-4 fray in new poll
  -- (Feb. 24, 2010) --
On Monday, Tennessee grabbed a share of the Southeastern Conference regular-season title. On Tuesday, the Lady Vols moved up to No. 4 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Could a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament be the next step in the process?
Summitt isn't able to push Lady Vols' buttons
  -- (Feb. 22, 2010) --
Her most recent attempt at motivation came in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where she accused her team of disrespecting its sport after it sleepwalked through a 74-67 victory over Alabama, which was identified as the SEC's worst team early on and has done little since to alter that initial perception.
Former Lady Vol Graves Feels Connection to `Live Pink'
  -- (Feb. 19, 2010) --
KNOXVILLE -- On Monday night, Thompson-Boling Arena will be a sea of pink. From the stands to the Lady Vols' uniforms - even to some of the shoes players will wear on the court - pink will take the place of orange for a night, all in the name of raising breast cancer awareness and money for research.
Pat Summitt Teleconference Transcript
  -- (Feb. 17, 2010) --
"Our Ole Miss game was a really challenging game. We struggled to get out of there with a win, but fortunately we did. Our Florida game, I thought the second half was the best we've played all year.
Consistency a relevant goal
  -- (Feb. 13, 2010) --
"Our goal is to get to San Antonio (the site of the women's Final Four)," Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt said again Saturday afternoon as her fifth-ranked team prepared for this afternoon's game with Florida.
Rutgers Suspends Stringer for Seton Hall Game
  -- (Feb. 12, 2010) --
Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer was suspended Tuesday by the university for the misuse of a male team manager as a practice player, in violation of the NCAA policy.
UT Athletics Teams Up with Red Cross to Raise Funds for Haitian Relief Efforts
  -- (Feb. 11, 2010) --
Members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be on-hand to take donations for the Red Cross before the Lady Vols' 2 p.m. basketball game against Florida on Sunday, Feb. 14 as well as the Vols' match-up against Kentucky on Feb. 27 at noon.
Williams has answers at the point
  -- (Feb. 3, 2010) --
Before Kamiko Williams found herself in the starting lineup, she found herself in the middle of a point-guard cram-session. UT coach Pat Summitt spent extra time drilling the athletic true freshman on the finer points of Tennessee's offense last week.
Lady Vols remain 5th
  -- (Feb. 1, 2010) --
The Tennessee Lady Vols' narrow win over South Carolina on the road Sunday kept them in fifth place in the latest basketball poll. The Lady Vols still trail unbeaten Connecticut, Stanford, Notre Dame and now undefeated Nebraska.
UT Basketball Teams with Red Cross for Haitian Relief
  -- (Jan. 29, 2010) --
The University of Tennessee Athletics Department has teamed with the American Red Cross to raise funds for their Haitian relief efforts. "As student-athletes at Tennessee, we are so blessed in having all of our needs met.
Road-tested Lady Vols glad to be home
  -- (Jan. 28, 2010) --
Standing on the floor at Thompson-Boling Arena, Pat Summitt put her hands together and looked to the rafters. A reporter was asking about her Lady Vols' improvement on the road, noting that Tennessee comes back home with three road wins in conference play already when last year they'd only had two all season long.
Pat Summitt Teleconference Transcript
  -- (Jan. 27, 2010) --
"Starting with our Georgia game, I thought we played pretty well down the stretch, did a lot of good things, we were up four. Things did not work out for us. A little disappointed in how that game ended, but we're learning from it and we'll move on.

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Ariel Massengale commits to Lady Vols

By Maria M. Cornelius
Aug. 27, 2010

  Ariel Massengale, a 5’6 point guard from Bolingbrook, Ill., had recently narrowed her finalists to Tennessee, Kentucky, Duke and Florida, but the Lady Vols had been her “dream school,” and she made it official Thursday evening with a phone call to Pat Summitt. “I told her that I wanted to be a Lady Volunteer,” Massengale said. “It was a dream. I have always wanted to play at Tennessee. My family visits Tennessee. Both my parents are from Tennessee and when I was younger that was my dream, and I worked hard every day.

“Just to be able to have a dream come true and to live that out, I had to take advantage of it.” Massengale’s parents, Carvel and Anita Massengale, both grew up in Tennessee – Carvel in Shelbyville and Anita in nearby Bell Buckle, a small town in Bedford County. Ariel Massengale’s uncle is a dentist in Knoxville, and has already sent orange attire to the family, but Carvel Massengale said more would be needed now.

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Lady Vol Hoops To Co-Host ESPN GameDay

By Debby Jennings, Associate Athletic Director
Aug. 26, 2010

 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee Lady Vol basketball team has another notation to add to its unparalleled history, as ESPN announced today that the eight-time national champions will be part of the College GameDay Driven by State Farm® series' first-ever doubleheader on Jan 15, 2011, in Knoxville. It will mark the first time the show has originated from a site that has featured a men's and women's game played in the same day and kicks off ESPN's eight-week GameDay slate.

The Lady Vols will host Vanderbilt at 8:00 p.m. ET in Thompson-Boling Arena after the Vols' matchup with the Commodores opens the day at noon ET. "The opportunity to have ESPN GameDay in Knoxville is tremendous for the University of Tennessee," said Lady Vol head coach Pat Summitt. "It will be an all Vol day taking on SEC and cross-state rival Vanderbilt. GameDay wraps around the men tipping off at noon against the Commodores and concludes that evening with the Lady Vols facing Vandy in the nightcap at 8 p.m.

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Lady Vols Begin 2010-11 Hoops Workouts

By Zach Stipe, Media Relations Assistant
Aug. 20, 2010

 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The first individual workouts of the 2010-11 season for the Tennessee Lady Vol basketball team on Thursday in Pratt Pavilion marked the return of assistant coach Mickie DeMoss and junior post Vicki Baugh and the rookie debuts of freshmen guards Lauren Avant and Meighan Simmons. DeMoss came back to Rocky Top after stints at Kentucky, as head coach, and Texas, as an assistant. She was an assistant and associate head coach for the Lady Vols from 1985-2003, as UT won the first six of its eight national titles.

"It's like I'm a kid at Christmas right now," DeMoss said. "These players are so motivated and so focused right now. It's really very refreshing for me. To be back with Pat, Holly and Dean - and to be around the energy and passion they have, it's motivating. I'm really excited to be back."

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Lady Vols Release 2010-11 Hoops Schedule

By Debby Jennings, Associate Athletic Director
Aug. 12, 2010

 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers released the basketball schedule for the 2010-11 season this afternoon. In addition to the Southeastern Conference slate of 16 games, the Lady Vols will also face a number of non-conference formidable foes, tangling with Baylor, Lamar, Virginia, Arizona State, Texas, Rutgers, Louisville, Stanford and Old Dominion. UT will also welcome in-state rivals UT-Chattanooga and East Tennessee State to the schedule.

A Thanksgiving junket takes the team back to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the first time since 2005 with a three-game appearance in the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas from Nov. 25-27. The Lady Vols will take a trip down memory lane facing Missouri (Nov. 25) for the first time since 1978, when associate head coach Holly Warlick was quarterbacking the team, and Georgia Tech (Nov. 26) who appears on UT's schedule for the first time since 1989. Tennessee wraps up the tournament facing first time opponent, Georgetown (Nov. 27).

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Amber Gray Not Cleared by Tennessee

By Michelle Smith
July 21, 2010

 Amber Gray's basketball career at the University of Tennessee is over. The Tennessee athletic department announced Tuesday that Gray, who underwent brain surgery last July, will not be cleared by the department's medical staff to continue her basketball career for the Lady Vols. Gray, an Ohio native, missed the 2009-2010 season after she had surgery to repair a brain aneurysm that had caused her to have a stroke.

Gray's condition became apparent after she underwent surgery for an injured shoulder. It took 12-1/2 hours to repair the broken blood vessel, which had likely been there long before the shoulder injury. The brain surgery saved her life. She played in 27 games as a freshman in 2008-09, averaging 2.7 points a game off the bench. The athletic department issued a release on Tuesday about Gray's status after "careful consideration" and consultation with medical experts. The statement did not include a comment from coach Pat Summitt.

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July, 7 2010

Six Olympic Gold Medalists Among 11-Member Team Set To Participate In WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun Game

Including six Olympic gold medalists, the official roster for the 2010 USA Basketball Women’s National Team that will compete in the WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun Game, was announced today by USA Basketball and the WNBA. WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun will be televised by ESPN at 3:30 p.m. (all times EDT) and the coverage will be presented by adidas. In addition to the game, the U.S. will conduct a training camp July 7-11 with all available members from the USA National Team pool participating.

Named to compete in the game for USA Basketball were: Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Swin Cash (Seattle Storm), Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever), Tina Charles (Connecticut Sun), Candice Dupree (Phoenix Mercury), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky), Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream), Renee Montgomery (Connecticut Sun), Maya Moore (University of Connecticut), Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) and Cappie Pondexter (New York Liberty) .

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Brittany Jackson, Former Tennessee Star, Pleads Guilty to Assault

By Michelle Smith
July 7, 2010

 Brittany Jackson, a former Tennessee women's basketball standout who was arrested twice in three weeks this spring, appeared in a Tennessee court Thursday and apologized to the young woman who has accused her of assault after a May incident on the campus of Tennessee Wesleyan College. Jackson, 26, reportedly made her apologies outside the courtroom before heading in to face charges.

She pleaded guilty to an assault charge in what was characterized by police as "domestic situation" and was ordered to play $299.95 in court costs. Jackson's legal trouble is not quite over. She has a July 20 court date in Cleveland, where she faces DUI charges from an incident June 9. She reportedly struck another vehicle at a traffic light before fleeing the scene on foot. She was apprehended later. Share Jackson was a guard for Pat Summitt's Tennessee program from 2001-05. She is currently working as a sports broadcaster.

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For starters, Women's Rocky Top League bounces to a good beat

By Dan Fleser
July 4, 2010

 The inaugural Women's Pilot Rocky Top League essentially was a three-week blind date for Habibi Andre. No wonder the league organizer spoke jokingly of the need for "blind faith." Her devotion generally was rewarded by the first-year venture, which concluded with three games Friday night at Catholic High School.

Team adidas won the championship, beating Smith & Hammaker 82-64. Despite the varying degrees of talent and the lack of familiarity among players, they managed to bond over basketball. Tennessee redshirt freshman Faith Dupree came away from the competition with a hairline fracture of her left wrist after a hard fall last Tuesday. Still, the Lady Vols forward was feeling good about the experience. Before Thursday night's game, she had dinner with Duncan Automotive teammates Natalie Munday and Alexis Rouvelas.

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Lady Vol Bjorklund taking it to the rim

By Dan Fleser
June 25, 2010

Guard vows to create more scoring

 Habibi Andre's list of things to bring to the Women's Pilot Rocky Top League grew by one Thursday night. Along with her NCAA folder, schedule and list of workers, she also brought a camera. The league organizer also was a fan for a night. Her favorite Tennessee Lady Vol - senior guard Angie Bjorklund - was making her summer basketball league debut.

"I've seen how her career has progressed,'' Andre said. "You can see she's hit the gym hard." Bjorklund replaced injured Lady Vol teammate Alicia Manning (high ankle sprain) for DeRoyal and scored 35 points, punctuating an 80-76 victory over Smith & Hammaker with a 3-pointer. "That was fun,'' Bjorklund said. ". . . I had no idea what to expect. You hear the crowd more. It's like playing in high school again."

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Wooden's Thoughts on 'Beautiful Game' an Inspiration to Women's Hoop Coaches

By Michelle Smith
June 24, 2010

 For all of the tributes and accolades and the undying love that John Wooden engendered in men's basketball, there is a special place in the heart of women's basketball for the legendary coach as well. Because coach Wooden loved their game. And he often said so. "The top women athletes play a more pure game than the men," Wooden was quoted as saying. "They play below the rim and fundamentally better." He said women's basketball was "a beautiful game."

Those comments brought the women's game credibility because they came from Coach Wooden. They likely changed the mind of at least a few people who had previously been dismissive or perhaps just uninterested. Coach Wooden's endorsement was like currency and the game was richer because of it. "Anytime you have arguably the best college coach in history saying positive things, people are going to listen," said Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer.

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Candace Parker to miss rest of Sparks' season

By Melissa Rohlin - LA Times
June 18, 2010

The star, considered the face of the WNBA, will have surgery on her dislocated left shoulder. She had taken herself out of Sunday's game, clearly in pain, after grabbing a defensive rebound.

Candace Parker, the WNBA's rookie of the year and most valuable player in 2008, will have surgery on her dislocated left shoulder and will be out for the season, dealing a devastating blow to the struggling Sparks. The surgery will be scheduled "in the next few weeks," a Sparks spokeswoman said Thursday night.

Parker, who is expected to be out for four to six months, had taken herself out of Sunday's game against the Minnesota Lynx, holding her arm and clearly in pain after pulling down a defensive rebound late in the second quarter.

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Teresa Weatherspoon pays tribute to Derek Dooley

By Dan Fleser
June 14, 2010

 As a former point guard, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Teresa Weatherspoon knows the value of a good assist. The former Louisiana Tech star said as much in paying tribute to Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley during her induction speech Saturday night at the Tennessee Theatre. As the athletic director at Tech, Dooley hired Weatherspoon to be the women's basketball coach.

"You all have stolen him,'' Weatherspoon said. "He's a wonderful man who has a great vision." Fellow inductee Rebecca Lobo drew some laughs at the expense of her former coach. Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma was Lobo's video presenter and after his flattering tribute, his former star player said, "I'm glad to hear Coach Auriemma say some nice things about me." Then Lobo, a sideline reporter for ESPN, added: "Coach I'll continue taking off my high heels when I interview you." Seriously, Lobo later said, "I know with certainty I wouldn't be inducted into the Hall of Fame if I went to any other university or played for another coach."

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Wooden saw value in women's hoops

By Mechelle Voepel
June 14, 2010

 John Wooden once made some observations about how he enjoyed what he called the "purity" of women's basketball. He was speaking about appreciating watching the fundamentally sound execution of the top women's players -- which shouldn't have surprised anybody, since doing things the right way was the very foundation of his life.

Over the years, when he subsequently was asked about the women's game, he repeated what he'd said initially. And many times since, I've heard people -- men and women -- who are involved in women's basketball cite Wooden's "blessing," using it almost like a sacred shield against the arrows that are either thoughtlessly or very purposefully shot at the sport. Because if John Wooden approved of it, the "haters" had more than met their match.

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Is Mique now more risk than reward?

By Mechelle Voepel
May 20, 2010

Is Holdsclaw healthy enough and will she remain with a team if signed?

 In December 2008, word came that Atlanta had traded a first-round draft pick to Los Angeles for the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw, who'd been out of the WNBA since leaving the Sparks early in the 2007 season. The news prompted an ESPN.com column that I started like this: In her pro career, Chamique Holdsclaw has been one of the more complicated people in women's basketball to write about. So it's with caution that we approach the announcement that she's apparently returning to the WNBA this coming season. Well, here we are in May 2010, and the dreaded "other shoe" has dropped again for Holdsclaw.

Days before this season began, the Dream made it known that Holdsclaw had requested a trade and that Atlanta was trying to accommodate her. Then Wednesday, it was announced she had been waived.

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  • Played basketball as a student at the University of Tennessee at Martin, 1970–74.
  • Played on silver–medal–winning U.S. World University Games team, 1973.
  • Named head coach of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville's women's basketball team, the Lady Vols, 1974.
  • Played on gold–medal–winning U.S. Pan American Games basketball team, 1975.
  • Played on silver–medal–winning U.S. women's Olympic basketball team, 1976.
  • Coached first Junior National basketball team to two gold medal wins; led U.S. national team to two gold medals and a silver medal, 1979.
  • Coached the World Championship team and helped it earn a silver medal, 1983.
  • Coached U.S. Olympic women's basketball team to first–ever gold medal, 1984.
  • Coached the Lady Vol basketballers to the national championship title eight times - 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008.
  • Coached the Lady Vol basketballers to the SEC championship title fifteen times - 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
  • SEC Coach of the Year - 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2007.
  • NCAA Coach of the year - 1983, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, and 2004.
  • Summitt has won the Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year five times, 1987, 1989, 1998, 1994, 2004, and also The 1998 Associated Press Coach of the Year.
  • Naismith Coach of the century 2000.
  • Earned bachelor's degree from UT Martin 1970-74, and master's degree from UT Knoxville in 1975.
  • Became the First women's college coach to appear on the front cover of Sports Illustrated in March of 1998.
  • Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. Summitt, is coming off her 35th season as head coach of the Lady Volunteers, compiling a 1036-195 career record at the school.
  • She has an International coaching record, that is 63-4 for a complete coaching record of 1100-199. Her total winning percentage record is an awesome .846. She has won eight NCAA championships and 27 Southeastern Conference tournament and regular season titles. Her teams have produced 18 Olympians, 22 Kodak All-Americans, and 73 All-SEC performers.
  • Became motivational speaker for government agencies and corporations, late 1990s.
  • Commentator on the ESPN sports network, 1999.
  • Consultant to the WNBA, 2000s.
  • First women recipient of the Legends of Coaching Award in 2008.
  • Became the first women's collegiate basketball coach to be featured on the front of a Wheaties box on 02/01/2007.
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  • Dad's advice on recruiting sunk in with Summitt

    Thirty-five seasons ago, after Pat Summitt had coached her first game at Tennessee, she phoned home. "Did you win?" her father, Richard Head, asked. "No sir, we got beat." "By how much?" "One point." There was a long pause, and as Summitt feared that her father would blame her, he said:

    "Let me just tell you one thing, Trisha. Don't take donkeys to the Kentucky Derby."

    The message was a valuable one: The best coaches had the best players. Tennessee (36-2) clearly did Tuesday night in winning its second consecutive national championship and eighth overall.

    [By Jere Longman - New York Times - April 9, 2008]




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