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INFO:

Name: Patricia Head Summitt
DOB: June 14, 1952
Parents: Richard and Hazel Head
Husband: R.B. Summitt
Son: Ross Tyler Summitt
High School: Cheatham County H.S.
College: UT Martin & UT Knoxville


ACHIEVEMENTS:

26th season as Head Coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols.
She has coached the Lady Vols to 12 Final Four appearances
Pat trails only Coach John Wooden for the most NCAA titles.
Has coached the Lady Vols to 6 NCAA Championships
Coached Olympic Women's basketball to first gold medal in 1984.


AWARDS and HONORS:

SEC Coach of the Year in 1993, 1995 and 1998
TouchDown Club Coach of the Year in 1994, 1997 and 1998
Naismith College Coach of the Year in 1987, 1989, 1994 and 1998
WBCA/Converse Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1995
IKON/WBCA Coach of the Year in 1998
Enshrined in the Women's Sports Foundation Hall of Fame in 1990
1990 John Bunn Award receipient
Victor Award for Women's BKB Coach of the Year,1994 and 1998
Inducted in the Nat'l. Assoc. for Sports & Physical Ed. H.O.F.,1996
1997 Kansas City Sports Commission Award
1997 Gov. McWherter Award of Excellence
City of Knoxville's 1998 Woman of the Year
Glamour Magazine's 1998 Woman of the Year
1999 ARETE Award for Courage in Sports
1999 WISE Woman of the Year
Nominated for the 1999 ESPY "Coach of the Year" award
Enshrined in the new Women's Basketball H.O.F., June 1999
Nominated to the Class of 2000 Basketball H.O.F. in Sprinfield, Mass

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