- Born
- June 14, 1952
- Died
- June 28, 2016 (aged 64)
- Place of birth
- Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
Biography
Patricia Susan Summitt was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012. Summitt was diagnosed with early-onset dementia in 2011 and passed away in 2016.