Miami-Dade College Women's Basketball

Summons paid homage to the late Pat Summitt yesterday during a sports podcast on the Sports Inside and Out: Legends of Sports. Summitt, the University of Tennessee's Women's Basketball Head Coach, passed away this week on Tuesday, June. 28, 2016, after a five-year battle with early on-set dementia (Alzheimer's type). She was 64. In her 38 seasons as UT's head coach, the hall of fame coach led the Tennessee Volunteers to eight national titles; had the most wins in Division 1 men's and women's basketball history (1,098); and led the Lady Vols to 22 Final Fours. During the podcast, Coach Summons recollected on what Summitt meant to her: "She is the face of women's basketball. The legacy of what has allowed this game to transcend to one of the highest-well respected games in the world, Pat Head Summitt. We give her praise, we give her prayers, we share and extend prayers, and our hearts are open to her family, her son, and all of her players." In 2011, Pat Summitt finished her last season at UT winning her sixteenth SEC title. In 2012, President Barack Obama awarded her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Photo: Mark Zerof, USA TODAY Sports Head Coach Susan Summons paid homage to the late yesterday during a sports podcast on the . Summitt, the University of Tennessee's Women's Basketball Head Coach, passed away this week on Tuesday, June. 28, 2016, after a five-year battle with early on-set dementia (Alzheimer's type). She was 64. In her 38 seasons as UT's head coach, the hall of fame coach led the Tennessee Volunteers to eight national titles; had the most wins in Division 1 men's and women's basketball history (1,098); and led the Lady Vols to 22 Final Fours. During the podcast, Coach Summons recollected on what Summitt meant to her: "She is the face of women's basketball. The legacy of what has allowed this game to transcend to one of the highest-well respected games in the world, Pat Head Summitt. We give her praise, we give her prayers, we share and extend prayers, and our hearts are open to her family, her son, and all of her players." In 2011, Pat Summitt finished her last season at UT winning her sixteenth SEC title. In 2012, President Barack Obama awarded her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.