Pat Summit Passes Away

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Pat Summit Passes Away


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The lanky Tennessee farm girl they nicknamed "Bone" grew to heights that no one could have anticipated. She traveled the world, became a kind of surrogate mom to hundreds of daughters and helped fundamentally change collegiate athletics.


She was born on Flag Day, June 14, 1952, and personified the American Dream. Like most iconic figures, she inspired an almost mythical kind of devotion. But how could someone be so larger-than-life magnificent and yet so humbly warm and real?


That was the essence of Pat Summitt, the longtime Tennessee women's basketball coach who died Tuesday morning at age 64, nearly five years after making public her diagnosis of early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's type.


Summitt inspired a generation
Pat Summitt brought respect to women's college basketball and made young players -- even those who weren't good enough to suit up for the Lady Vols -- want to be the best.


Summitt's 10 greatest coaching moments
How do you attempt to quantify an unquantifiable legend who had a career full of countless successes? Here's one take on the top 10 moments of Summitt's storied coaching career.
Photos: Pat Summitt retrospective
Pat Summitt won 1,098 games and eight championships in 38 seasons at Tennessee, but her fight touched lives well beyond basketball.


To say there will never be anyone else like Summitt is not hyperbole. On the contrary, it seems inadequate. She won eight NCAA titles and went 1,098-208 in 38 seasons as coach at Tennessee. She was one of the most accomplished and influential figures in the history of women's sports, but also was universally respected and beloved.

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R.I.P. I had heard she was getting bad