The final season
Subtitle: the perseverance of Pat Summitt
By: Maria M. Cornelius
Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781621902737; 9781621902744; 9781621902720
Subjects: Basketball coaches; Biography; Alzheimer's disease; Patients; GAMES; Gambling; Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION; Business Aspects; Essays; History; Reference; TRAVEL; Special Interest; Lady Volunteers (Basketball team)
Description: With 1,098 wins and eight national championships, Lady Vol Coach Pat Summitt has left a remarkable legacy of perseverance, leadership, and passion for the game-but her victories on the court aren't the only legacy she has left in her wake.Since the beginning of her career as Lady Vol head coach at twenty-two years old, Pat Head Summitt effectively established the University of Tennessee Lady Vols as the top women's athletics program in the nation. The winningest coach in the history of NCAA basketball, Summitt overcame one obstacle after another on the road to every victory, but it is the live.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Candace Parker; title: Foreword / Mike Robinson; title: Prologue; title: The announcement; title: Spring and summer 2011; title: The class of 2012; title: Basketball begins; title: Vicki Baugh; title: Practice begins; title: SEC media day; title: Knoxville media day; title: The 2011-12 season begins; title: Manifestation of dementia; title: Angie Bjorklund; title: Candace Parker; title: Coast to coast; title: California bound; title: Back to work; title: Healing power of humor; title: SEC season; title: Trip to South Bend; title: Season of adjustment; title: SEC battles; title: Regular season winds down; title: Senior day; title: Pat Summer's bodyguard; title: The Lady Vol Invitational; title: SEC tournament championship; title: Practice and rest; title: Selection show; title: NCAA tourney time; title: Success in Chicago; title: Posts ready for postseason; title: Media day in Des Moines; title: Sweet 16; title: Elite eight; title: The final post-game; title: Eve of announcement; title: End of an era; title: Pat XO; title: Pat Summit's final championship; title: The legacy.