Pat Summitt (1952–2016)
Autore di Sum It up : 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
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Pat Summitt was born Patricia Sue Head on June 14, 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1974 and became head coach at the University of Tennessee's flagship campus in Knoxville. She was a co-captain of the 1976 women's Olympic team, which won a mostra altro silver medal, then was the head coach at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, where the United States won a gold medal. As a head coach, she lead the University of Tennessee woman's team to eight national basketball championships and 1,098 victories, which is more games than any other Division I college coach, male or female. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2011, she learned she had early-onset Alzheimer's disease and retired as head coach in 2012. She started the Pat Summitt Foundation to raise awareness about dementia and find a cure for Alzheimer's. She received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2012 ESPYs. Her memoir, Sum It Up written with Sally Jenkins, was published in 2013. She died on June 28, 2016 at the age of 64. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Head, Patricia Sue (birth)
- Data di nascita
- 1952-06-14
- Data di morte
- 2016-06-28
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Causa della morte
- Alzheimer's disease
- Istruzione
- University of Tennessee at Martin
- Attività lavorative
- basketball coach (college)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Tennessee
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (1999)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2000)
Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame (2011)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012)
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Beautiful memoir of awesome and strong Pat Summit.
Very enjoyable book. I've always enjoyed watching Coach Summitt and her team and it's is interesting to hear the behind-the-scenes of her life and the team. I listened to the audio.
The prolific coach Summitt has been a huge part of Women's basketball before women's basketball had any kind of following. This book was about her connections with players, her struggles and her strengths.
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- Popolarità
- #61,674
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 18
This was not a "tell-all" or revenge piece - she handled difficult situations with dignity and discretion. Orange will probably never be one of my favorite colors, but I gained respect for her and what she accomplished as an ordinary woman with extraordinary drive.… (altro)