Remembering Summitt as a coach
KNOXVILLE, Tenn — The state of Tennessee lost a legend Tuesday morning with the passing of Pat Summitt.
Summitt, a coach of the Tennessee Volunteers for 38 seasons reached heights and milestones no one thought was possible. In 38 seasons, Summit never had a losing record.
The Lady Vols appeared in 38 straight post season. 18 Final Fours with 15 title game appearances, winning eight of those.
Summitt and her teams posted twenty, 30 or more win seasons, with 112 NCAA tournament wins. In her career she won 1,098 games, making her the winning-est coach of all time, including the men.
She left a mark not only to those in women sports, but people all over.
“No matter if she knew you or not, I think she had a really just special god given ability of just relating to people and even being able to challenge people she didn’t know and instilling confidence in them,” former player Lauren Sumski said.
Union’s head coach Mark Campbell had the honor of meeting Summitt his junior year of college and coached against her twice in exhibition games.
“One of the things you don’t realize when you’re growing up in Tennessee and you end up coaching women, how much of an influence Coach Summit had on every single coach at every single level,” Campbell said.
Campbell ended things saying, “by far the most iconic figure, men or women in my belief of coaching history in Tennessee.”
