IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 310 
Honoring the life of Coach Kay Yow in remembrance of her passing, and 
recognizing her dedication to the sport of basketball, her commitment 
to women and women’s health, and her contributions to the State of 
North Carolina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2009 
Mr. SHULER (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. COBLE, Mr. ETHERIDGE, 
Ms. FOXX, Mr. JONES, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCINTYRE, 
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PRICE of North Caro-
lina, and Mr. WATT) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life of Coach Kay Yow in remembrance of 
her passing, and recognizing her dedication to the sport 
of basketball, her commitment to women and women’s 
health, and her contributions to the State of North Caro-
lina. 
Whereas in 1975, Coach Kay Yow was hired at North Caro-
lina State University as the head coach of women’s bas-
ketball, women’s softball, and women’s volleyball, as well 
as the coordinator of women’s sports; 
Whereas, from 1975 to 2009, Coach Yow was head coach of 
the women’s basketball team at North Carolina State 
University; 
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Whereas Coach Yow was a female leader amidst a mostly 
male coaching staff; 
Whereas Coach Yow found immediate success as she com-
pleted her first season as head coach of the women’s bas-
ketball team with a 19–7 record, and took her team to 
the Women’s National Invitation Tournament; 
Whereas Coach Yow coached some of the Nation’s most well- 
known players, including WNBA All-Stars Andrea 
Stinson, Chasity Melvin (North Carolina State Univer-
sity’s all-time leading scorer), Genia Beasley, and current 
assistant coach, Trena Trice-Hill; 
Whereas Coach Yow served as an assistant coach of the 
United States women’s basketball team on 4 gold medal- 
winning teams, including the 1984 Olympic team, the 
1979 World University Games team, the 1983 Pan 
American Games team, and the 1984 R. Williams Jones 
Cup team; 
Whereas Coach Yow served as head coach of the United 
States women’s basketball team on 4 gold medal-winning 
teams, including the 1988 Olympic team, the 1981 World 
University Games team, the 1986 Goodwill Games team, 
and the 1986 World Championship Games team; 
Whereas Coach Yow was also a part of the 1983 World 
Championship United States women’s basketball team 
that earned a silver medal; 
Whereas Coach Yow was the first coach to win 2 Olympic 
Gold Medals since women’s basketball was added as an 
Olympic sport in 1976; 
Whereas Coach Yow is 1 of 6 Division I women’s head bas-
ketball coaches to achieve 700 career victories, and is 1 
of 8 Olympic coaches chosen to lead the United States 
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women’s basketball team in the pursuit of an Olympic 
Gold Medal; 
Whereas in April 2008, Coach Yow received the Mildred 
‘‘Babe’’ Zaharias Didrikson Courage Award from the 
United States Sports Academy, recognizing her achieve-
ments in the face of serious personal challenges; 
Whereas Coach Yow missed 16 games during the North 
Carolina State University women’s basketball team’s 
2007 season to receive treatment for cancer that was di-
agnosed in 1987; 
Whereas upon her return as head coach of the team in 2007, 
she led the North Carolina State women’s basketball 
team on an inspirational run to the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference Championship game and to the Sweet 16 in the 
National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament; 
Whereas Coach Yow had a winning coaching career even as 
she faced a 22-year battle with breast cancer; 
Whereas following her diagnosis, Coach Yow became an inspi-
rational leader in the fight against cancer, and a strong 
advocate for raising awareness of breast cancer and ex-
panding scientific research into cures for women’s can-
cers; 
Whereas the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 
(WBCA), of which Coach Yow was a past president and 
founding member, launched the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer 
fund on December 3, 2007, to become part of finding an 
answer in the fight against women’s cancers through 
raising money for scientific research, assisting the under-
served, and unifying people for a common cause; 
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