| Pat Summitt, legendary former coach of Lady Vols, dies at 64 |
| Pat Summitt, who won eight national championships as head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team, has died, according to the Associated Press. Summitt had more wins than any NCAA college basketball coach in history when she was forced to retire at age 59 because of a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Summitt unexpectedly became coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols when she was 22 and, over a 38-year career, formed a dynasty seldom matched in any college sport. She was national coach of the year seven times and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000, 12 years before she stepped down with a record 1,098 victories. |
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