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Pat Summit's Birthday
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Pat Summit's Life
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Summitt wins silver medal at Summer Olypics as co-captain
She co-captained the first United States women's national basketball team as a player at the inaugural women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal. -
Planning
She showed good PLANNING, mapping out exactly how to achieve a particular goal, leading up to her 1989 NCAA championship: Auburn vs. Tennessee because she knew from previous championship two years ago how exactly she can prepare for and accomplish the win. -
Summit inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame
In 1990, Pat Summit was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame as a coach, the first year coaches were honored. -
Leader
Summitt showed that she is a good LEADER, a person that can direct and motivate her players, by convincing her players that they could win their season. She must have done an amazing job of doing that if her players were extremely determined to win the 1991 NCAA championship: Tennessee vs. Virginia game and they did. -
Organizing
Organizing
She showed good ORGANIZING, assigning work and granting authority, after she won the 1996 NCAA championship: Tennessee vs. Georgia because she assigned every player certain drills to practice what they needed to work on so that they wroked together like a well oiled machine. -
Disseminator
She showed that she a good DISSEMINATOR a person that can forward information to organization members via memos, reports, and phone calls, by letting her players know when all the practices were and when the games were. This is shown by the fact that all her players at everyy practice and that payed off when her team in 1997 won the NCAA championship: Old Dominion vs. Tennessee. -
Controlling
Pat Summitt showed that she can CONTROL, or continuously check results against goals and take any corrective actions necessary to make sure that her area's plans remain on track, her team well because after planning and organizing all the practices and drills for her team, she made sure that everything went well. This is shown through her championship in 1998. The 1998 NCAA championship: Tennessee vs. Louisiana Tech. -
Summitt given title of Naismith Basketball Coach of the Century
She was named the Naismith Basketball Coach of the Century in April 2000. -
Leading
She showed amazing LEADERSHIP in her career as a coach due to the fact that she had led her teams in her career to more than 1000 wins. -
Staffing
She obviously has a good continuous STAFFING plan, getting the right players for her team, because she has won eight championships in her years of coaching, including her last one in 2008, the NCAA championship: Stanford vs. Tennessee -
Pat Summitt #11
In 2009, the Sporting Newsplaced her number 11 on its list of the 50 Greatest Coaches of All Time in all sports; she was the only woman on the list. -
Disturbance Handler
Pat Summitt that she is an amazing DISTURBANCE HANDLER when she decided to step down as head coach when her medical issues became a hinderance in her career. -
Summitt to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
On April 20, 2012, the White House announced that Pat Summitt would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. -
Summitt wins gold a
In 1984, she coached the U.S. women's team to an Olympic gold medal, becoming the first U.S. Olympian to win a basketball medal and coach a medal-winning team. -
Human Relations
Summitt has great HUMAN RELATIONS skills, skills that demonstrate the ability to work well in cooperation with others. This was proved because she received the Tigrett Award at West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation. The Tigrett Award serves to recognize a Tennessean who has greatly contributed to society through his/her talents and leadership locally, nationally and abroad.