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Early Life
She was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. Pat Summitt grew up with three older brothers Tommy, Charles, and Kenneth. -
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Pat Summitt's Life
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Beginning
Summitt and her family moved to Henrietta to play basketball. Went to college at UOT and played for the women's basketball team. Later she co-captained the US Women's National Olympic Basketball team winning silver medal. -
Organizing
Pat Summitt was named head coach of the Lady Vols in Tennessee after she graduated fro UOT. -
Controlling
Pat Summitt continued to push her team to win more championships. the Lady Vols went 25-6, and avenged their championship game loss to Old Dominion by defeating them three times. The team made it to the AIAW Final Four for the third straight year; -
Planning
Pat Summitt coached US Women's team to the Olympic Gold Medal, becoming the first U.S. Olympian to win a basketball medal and coach a medal-winning team. -
Staffing
First year of head-coaching, four of her players were younger than her. She coached her first game against Mercer University. -
Leading
Pat Summitt led her team to winning the Tennessee College Women’s Sports Federation Eastern District Championship for the third straight year and training as the co-captain of the 1976 U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team. Starting with the 1976-77 season, -
Entrepreneur
Pat Summitt talks to one of her teamates in the championship game. She talks to her about changing how she's playing in the game and give her pointers to improve in the game. -
Negotiating
Pat Summit recruited about eight players on her Tennessee team. She negotiated with other high schoolers and college students to join in on the game. -
Figurehead
Pat Summitt meets with her fans and greets them before championship game against Marquette. -
Human Relations
Pat Summitt works well with all her co-managers and assistants to improve the team to win more championships. -
Conceptional
Pat Summit sees a problem with one of her players not playing well. She calls them over and solves the problem. -
Technical
Candance Parker recovered from her injuries in the 2005-2006 season. Pat Summitt worked hard with Candence to help her improve her game. She later became the star player in the championhips. -
Spokesperson
Pat Summutt talks about her winning team and how ESPY named the Lady Volv co-team of the decade. She also brags about how her team won another SEC title. Also, two courts had been named after her and has been awarded Sportswomen of the year, one of the 50ist greatest coaches. -
Accomplishents
Lady Volvs at the White House after winning their consecutive national championship. -
Monitor
Pat Summit monitors the Lady Volvs with the help with her assistant coach while Pat Summitt is dealing with Alzheimers disease. -
Leadership
Lady Volvs basketball team contributed their winnigng to the Alzheimers disease. Pat Summitt had been diagnosed with it too and decided to retire from coaching -
Presidental Award
Pat Summitt is awarded the Presidental Medal of Freedom