Pat Summitt

To me, Pat Summitt is less a coach than a force of nature. The 1,098 wins are staggering, but what lingers is that she earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the same era she faced down a brutal diagnosis with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. That tells you everything: her real legacy was character, not the scoreboard. A small-town Tennessee woman who reshaped how the country sees women's sports, and who kept her chin up to the end. I suspect every player she touched still hears her voice. Genuine, hard-earned reverence from me here.

Name (English)

Pat Summitt

Name (Japanese)

パット・サミット

Reading

ぱっと・さみっと

Born

June 14, 1952 – June 28, 2016

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

University

University of Tennessee at Martin

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Arthur Ashe Courage Award
• 1998 Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
• Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame
• Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
• 2012 USBWA Most Courageous Award
• 1990 John Bunn Award
• FIBA Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/patsummitt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%88

Tags

• Tennessee
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.