PHOTO GALLERY: Through time, Summitt changed women's hoops

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
PHOTO GALLERY: Through time, Summitt changed women's hoops
PHOTO GALLERY: Through time, Summitt changed women's hoops /

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.


Published