PHOTO GALLERY: Through time, Summitt changed women's hoops
Posted June 28, 2016 7:00 am
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - With an icy glare on the sidelines, Pat Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight national championships and prominence on a campus steeped in the traditions of the football-rich south until she retired in 2012.
Summitt helped grow college women's basketball as her Lady Vols dominated the sport in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning six titles in 12 years. Tennessee - the only school she coached - won NCAA titles in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996-98 and 2007-08.
Summitt had a career record of 1,098-208 in 38 seasons, plus 18 NCAA Final Four appearances.
Take take a look back at some of her career highlights through the lenses of AP photographers.
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2003, file photo, Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt, center, smiles as she stands with her team after defeating DePaul, 76-57, to get her 800th career win, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tye'sha Fluke is at left, Courtney McDaniel (34), right, and Ashley Robinson, second from right. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, FIle)
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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2016, file photo, former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, center, attends an NCAA college basketball game between Tennessee and Alabama in Knoxville, Tenn. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
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FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2013, file photo, Tennessee women's basketball coach emeritus Pat Summitt, center, looks at the statue unveiled in her honor, in Knoxville, Tenn. With Summitt are, from left, her daughter-in-law AnDe Summitt, son Tyler Summitt, UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, and director of athletics Dave Hart. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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FILE - In this March 4, 2012, file photo, Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt cuts down the net after Tennessee defeated LSU to win the Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament in Nashville, Tenn. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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FILE - In this March 26, 2012, file photo, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt waits for her players during a timeout in the second half of an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional final against Baylor in Des Moines, Iowa. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 8, 1984, file photo, U.S. women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is carried off by members of the team following their 85-55 win over South Korea in the gold medal game in the Olympics in Los Angeles. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Pete Leabo, File)
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FILE - In this March 21, 1998, file photo, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt signals to her players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the NCAA Women's Mideast Regional in Nashville, Tenn. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2000, file photo, legendary Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt, left, and former Detroit Pistons all-star guard Isiah Thomas appear at a news conference to introduce the inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame, in Springfield, Mass. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2009, file photo, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt has confetti dumped on her by players Alicia Manning (15) and Alex Fuller (2) after the Lady Vols defeated Georgia 73-43 in an NCAA college basketball game in Knoxville, Tenn., earning Summitt her 1,000th career coaching victory. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
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FILE- In this May 29, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama awards Pat Summitt, former Tennessee basketball head coach, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE - In this March 31, 1996, file photo, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and son Tyler, take down the net after Tennessee defeated Georgia 83-65 in the title game at the NCAA women's basketball Final Four at Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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FILE - In this March 18, 2006, file photo, Tennessee basketball head coach Pat Summitt watches her team as she runs them through their paces during practice at the Ted Constant Convention Center in Norfolk, Va. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016. She was 64. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt smiles as a banner is raised in her honor before the team's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Knoxville, Tenn. Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who boosted women's game, has died at 64. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
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