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Patricia Head Summitt

Selected Writings By Summitt:



(With Debby Jennings) Basketball. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown, 1991.

(With Debby Jennings) Basketball: Fundamentals and Team Play. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark, 1996.

(With Sally Jenkins) Raise the Roof: The Inspiring Inside Story of the Tennessee Lady Vols Undefeated 1997-98 Season. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.

Awards and Accomplishments

1973 Captures silver medal as member of U.S. World Games team
1975 Earns gold medal as member of U.S. basketball team at Pan American Games
1976 Earns silver medal as member of U.S. basketball team at Olympics in Montreal
1979 Coaches U.S. women's basketball team to gold at the Pan American Games
1984 Coaches U.S. women's basketball team to its first Olympic gold
1987, 1989 Leads Lady Vols to NCAA championship; named Naismith College Coach of the Year
1990 Receives the Basketball Hall of Fame's John Bunn Award
1991 Leads Lady Vols to NCAA championship
1993 Named Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coach of the Year
1994 Named Naismith College Coach of the Year
1995 Named SEC Coach of the Year
1996-98 Leads Lady Vols to three consecutive NCAA championships
1997-98 Leads Lady Vols to a perfect 39-0 record
1998 Naismith College Coach of the Year and SEC Coach of the Year
2000 Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inaugural class
2000 Named Naismith Women's Collegiate Coach of the Century
2003 First women's college basketball coach and fourth overall to win 800 games

(With Sally Jenkins) Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.

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