Feb 09 2009
Pat Summitt wins #1000
Last week, Pat Summitt of the Lady Vols from the University of Tennessee accomplished a milestone that not a lot of people can claim. She has notched her 1000th victory. Actually, for the record, she is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and the first NCAA Division I basketball coach to win one thousand games. It took a few tries to get it in the book, but if finally happened. It was also more fitting in my opinion that the victory came at home.
Pat started coaching basketball in 1974 and has spent that entire time at the University of Tennessee. In that time, she has won 13 SEC Tournament Championships. The years were 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, and 2008. She also holds 14 SEC Champions that were in the years of 1980, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007. But, I think none of that compares to her 8 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championships that she won in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, and 2008.
She will forever be loved in the state of Tennessee.
