Pat Summitt Steps Down As Tennessee Coach After 38 Seasons and 8 National Championships
After 38 seasons as the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, Pat Summitt is stepping down. Summitt and the University finalized the decision today. Last summer Summitt was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. In 2000, she was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
With a career record of 1098-207, she is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball hsitory. She won 8 national championships, 16 SEC championships, 16 SEC conference titles, and 7 NCAA coach of the year awards. She will remain with the program as the coach emeritus and Lady Vols associate head coach Holly Warlick will be named the new head coach. Warlick has spent 27 seasons as an assistant under Summitt.
[GoVolsXtra, US PRESSWIRE]
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April 18th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Thanks for the memories Pat!
April 18th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Shut it down.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
/slow clap for Vlad
April 18th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
With a career record of 1078-201
That is impressive
April 18th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Thanks for the memories Pat!
Oh, my. So, so wrong.
/I laughed. Loudly.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
This story really makes me sad. Grandmother got Alzheimer’s. It petrifies me.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Damn.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Bra-freaking-vo.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
April 18th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
I what?
/ Pat Summitt, tomorrow
April 18th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
know what’s more cold-blooded?
LGRW
/hee
April 18th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
GOAT
April 18th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
I’ve got to find a way to stop laughing. The karma is getting worse by the minute.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Shame on Vlad for the joke, and shame on me for spitting water all over my laptop
April 18th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
easily one of the best/worst things I’ve read here.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Damn straight. I’m hoping they put me out of my misery early Friday. If they win game 5, that will give me hope like whoa.
/ha ha pens
//ha ha canucks
April 18th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Geno retired?
April 18th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
My father-in-law worries me re Alzheimer’s. His mother had it and there are times when I can see him going down that road. What a terrible, terrible disease.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
There is no Geno without Pat. She’s amazing.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
duh huh duh huh!!!
No, the Greatest of All Time did.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
The worst part about alzheimers is that your partner won’t just kill you. They’ll wipe your ass, because they can’t bring themselves to just kill you. Everybody loses.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
his story really makes me sad. Grandmother got Alzheimer’s. It petrifies me.
Same here, and it’s fucking terrible.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Summitt’s career ends with a 1,098-207, CoRM.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
The worst part about alzheimers is that your partner won’t just kill you. They’ll wipe your ass, because they can’t bring themselves to just kill you. Everybody loses.
There’s something strangely poetic and insightful about this.
April 18th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
My grandfather died fighting that disease. The worst part is the way some hospitals/facilities treat Alzheimers patients. Absolutely no dignity whatsoever.
April 18th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
You know, she has forgotten more about basketball than I’ll ever know.
April 18th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
One of my favorite coaches in any sport. .841 winning pct.
April 18th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
The only plus for her is she won’t have to remember all the bad woman’s basketball she had to watch for 40 years.
April 18th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
The worst part is the way some hospitals/facilities treat Alzheimers patients. Absolutely no dignity whatsoever.
There’s something strangely poetic and insightful about this.
i know those two are unrelated but they both remind me of a sign i see in my area. there’s a facility whose billboard says
Dementia Care Beyond Compare!
Always makes me try to create other inappropriate rhymes
Aids relief beyond Belief!
April 18th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Always makes me try to create other inappropriate rhymes
Hemorroid Attention too Easy to Mention!
April 18th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Geno Auriemma is currently winning at a better clip (.862 to .841) and still has to play NINE MORE SEASONS at 33 wins/season to pass Pat. He’s 58 now and would have to coach through his 67th birthday to pass her. He is a big enough prick to hang on until he does it, right?
Pat Summitt
1,098-207 .841
8 National Titles
7 Coach of the Year Awards
16 SEC Regular Season Championships
16 SEC Tournament Championships
Geno Auriemma
804-129, .862
7 National Titles
6 Coach of the Year Awards
19 Big East Regular Season Championships
18 Big East Tournament Championships
April 18th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Outstanding career! Watch out Shaq – She might take your job on TNT
April 18th, 2012 at 6:38 PM
As classy as they come, at any level. Let’s hope Geno doesn’t try to stick around to top her numbers because he is a giant prick.