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Pat Summitt

1952 - 2016

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Patricia Susan Summitt (née Head; June 14, 1952 – June 28, 2016) was an American women's college basketball head coach and college basketball player. She coached 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 and is considered one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. Summitt won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a member of the United States women's national basketball team. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Pat Summitt is the 947th most popular basketball player (down from 889th in 2024), the 17,797th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,893rd in 2019) and the 512th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Pat Summitt ranks 947 out of 1,757. Before her are Allan Houston, Miroslav Berić, Kent Benson, Aleksey Savrasenko, Hüseyin Beşok, and Pervis Ellison. After her are Stefan Marković, Bradley Beal, Frank Vogel, Vin Baker, Hasheem Thabeet, and Miha Zupan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Pat Summitt ranks 790. Before her are Rita Dove, Lee Morin, Marvin Barnes, Charles Camarda, Terence T. Henricks, and Earl Ray Tomblin. After her are Eamonn Coghlan, Gordon H. Smith, Ketan Mehta, Catherine Bott, and Patrick Keane. Among people deceased in 2016, Pat Summitt ranks 626. Before her are Rémy Vogel, Mohammed Shahid, Robert Sassone, Frank Kelly, Arthur Maia, and Shahram Amiri. After her are Gabriel Badilla, Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, Igor Pashkevich, Marek Svatoš, Santi Duangsawang, and Omar Mateen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat Summitt ranks 17,804 out of 20,380. Before her are Will Pan (1980), Craig Mack (1970), David Moscow (1974), Pete Parada (1973), Earl Ray Tomblin (1952), and Pervis Ellison (1967). After her are Sarah Jones (null), Mark Sanford (1960), Michael DeLuise (1969), William Ragsdale (1961), Keala Settle (1975), and Jackson Robert Scott (2008).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Pat Summitt ranks 512. Before her are Jalen Brunson (1996), Danny Green (1987), Will Perdue (1965), Allan Houston (1971), Kent Benson (1954), and Pervis Ellison (1967). After her are Bradley Beal (1993), Frank Vogel (1973), Vin Baker (1971), Reggie Theus (1957), Antawn Jamison (1976), and Maceo Baston (1976).

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