“It was like, ‘Wow, I just got to coach against Coach Summitt, ‘ ” Gardner said.
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Harper is preparing her Lady Bears for the coming season on the heels of their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2006.
She said Summitt had already been given her Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and it was the first time she ever attended a professional tennis competition.
But most importantly, Summitt was a champion on and off the court.
Kim Smallwood played on the team the same year Harris was there and also went the coaching route. I can remember early in my career when C.M. Newton, one of the great guys in men’s college basketball, wanted to hire her to be a men’s coach. Her teams won eight national championships and an astonishing 1,098 games.
UNI Women’s Head Basketball Coach Tanya Warren says she’s hurting today.
Krzyzewski said it is only fitting that the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame is located in Knoxville, Tennessee. “Until I went to the Mayo Clinic I couldn’t be for sure, but I can remember, you know, trying to coach and trying to figure out schemes and whatever, and it just wasn’t coming to me….” She uplifted the women’s game from obscurity to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee.
It was nearly 30 years supporting Summitt and the Lady Vols full of good times that they are holding onto now. Summitt became the winningest coach in the history of Division I college basketball.
“(Summitt) came (to visit) and she didn’t even have to.
After winning a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics and being highly recruited by other schools, Gordon said Summitt “took a chance” and offered her a scholarship to the University of Tennessee.
Anchor Allison Latos spoke with one of her former players from Charlotte, who rushed to Knoxville to see her one last time.
The world of basketball lost a coaching legend on Tuesday.
She was looked up to by many, including University of Women’s basketball coach Richard Barron. “Just an fantastic person”. But I knew not to make one while the woman who singlehandedly legitimized women’s college basketball created a hole through my body with her glare. Her son, Tyler, spoke to the “NewsHour”.
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Summitt’s health deteriorated after a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s.
