Nice article out of Connecticut on Pat Summit.

[Parddy]

Just thought I would share as UConn fans everywhere are thinking of Coach Summit.

Kara Lawson, now living in Ct, gives great insight into a woman who is much more than just a HOF coach.




http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-women/hc-jacobs-summitt-0825-20110825,0,5692401.column?page=1

[Sect309Fan]

Thanks for the article. I have some family connections to Pat Summit. My dad went to high school with her older brother in Clarksville, and my dad's brother married one of her cousins. I only met her once, and that was a book signing back in 1996.

I have a ton of respect for her and her accomplishments at UT. She changed high school girls basketball in Tennessee to standard 5-5 instead of the limiting 6-6 game that was played previously. Many of her players have gone on to coaching. And she just wins (which has been sometimes frustrating as a Vandy fan).

Other programs have caught up to UT, but her influence has made women's basketball so much better over the years. I really have no clue what she is and will be going through, but my prayers are with her and her family.

[SouthSide Titan]

You can't talk about great coaches without including Pat Summit.