WOW: Pat Summitt Traditional Cache

June 14,1952 -
Place of Birth: Clarksville, TN

• Summitt was the Head Basketball Coach for the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team. She is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division. She coached from 1974 to 2012
• Summitt has faced 164 different opponents in 1,306 total games and teams from 35 conferences
• 46% of her 1,306 total games have been played versus ranked teams (604 total games against ranked opponents) with 440 victories versus ranked opponents
• 161 all-time Lady Vols have contributed to 1098 wins
• 2% of those all-time players have gone on to be decorated as Olympians, All-Americans, USA National Team members, All-SEC performers, Academic All-Americans, etc
• In August 2011, Summitt announced that she had been diagnosed three months earlier with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Despite the diagnosis, she did complete the 2011-2012 season, but with a reduced role, while longtime assistant Holly Warlick, an assistant under Summitt since 1985, assuming most of the responsibilities. In an interview, she stated, "There's not going to be any pity party and I'll make sure of that."