Pat Summitt

Born

1952-06-14

Died

2016-06-28

Birthplace

Clarksville, Tennessee, USA

Biography

Patricia Susan Summitt was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012. Summitt was diagnosed with early-onset dementia in 2011 and passed away in 2016.