Sad news - Pat Summit

[SpacemanSpiff]

Former Tennessee women's basketball coach is in her final hours, according to reports.

http://www.seccountry.com/tennessee/pat ... ching-icon

She is as much a legend in her sport as Bear Bryant or Adolph Rupp were in theirs.

[SpacemanSpiff]

News outlets have reported that Coach Summit has died overnight.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/ ... /86448492/

[jaybee]

She did pass away early this morning.

Here in Knoxville, there is a huge memorial service planned for Friday - lots of orange.

Coach Summit was every bit as intense a person as she has been portrayed in the media. I first met her in the early 80's when she first started coaching the Lady Vols. In later years I would see her a the soccer fields where she was there for her son's game. I was always impressed that someone who was a professional coach also had the wisdom to just stand on the sidelines and simply be a parent while watching her son play soccer.

She will be buried in middle Tennessee but will always be a part of Knoxville.

[lilclyde54]

She is responsible for a lot of the status that women's college basketball enjoys today. Definitely a great coach.