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Biography of Pat Summitt and Women's Basketball 1980-1989
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| 1979-1980 Lady Vols Jill Rankin C SR
Holly Warlick G SR
Becky Clark G FR
Cindy Noble C JR
Susan Clower G SO
Kathy O'Neil F SR
Susan Foulds F JR
Lea Henry F FR
Bev Curtiss F FR
Debbie Groover F JR
Cindy Ely G JR |
1980-1981 Lady Vols
Susan Foulds F SR
Mary Ostrowski F/G FR
Pat Hatmaker G FR
Mina Todd G FR
Tanya Haave F/G FR
Cindy Noble C SR
Susan Clower G JR
Lynne Collins F FR
Lea Henry G SO
Paula Towns F FR
Debbie Groover F SR
CIndy Ely G SR
| 1980
In 1980, Pat was named assistant coach to Sue Gunter on the National Team. Unfortunately, the United States boycotted the Games. However, the team did capture the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament title.
1980 AIAW Championship
Old Dominion defeated Tennessee 68-53
MARRIAGE
Pat had met R. B. Summitt around 1976, when they’d been introduced through Pat’s roommate, Marcia McGregor, a bank examiner. (Summitt was also a bank examiner at this time.) After 3 and a half years, they got married in 1980. |
1981 AIAW Championship
Louisiana Tech defeated Tennessee 79-59
1982
In August 1982, Summitt was named the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic basketball coach. She coached the 1983 World Championship team to a silver medal finish.
1982 AIAW Championship
Rutgers defeated Texas 83-77. This was the last championship sponsored by the AIAW, who lost their best teams to the NCAA, including Tennessee. [See details at the Wikipedia article on the AIAW.] The first NCAA Women's Tournament was also held in this year.
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1981-1982 Lady Vols
Mary Ostrowski F SO
Gina Bozeman G FR
Pat Hatmaker G SO
Shelia Collins G/F FR
Susan Clower G SR
Linda Ray F FR
Lynne Collins F SO
Lea Henry G JR
Tanya Haave F SO
Sonya Cannon F FR
Tammy Larkey C FR
Paula Towns C SO
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1982-1983 Lady Vols
Pam Marr G FR
Mary Ostrowski F JR
Pat Hatmaker G JR
Shelia Collins G/F SO
Linda Ray F SO
Lynne Collins F JR
Pam Cook G FR
Lea Henry G SR
Tanya Haave F JR
Karen Morton C FR
Sonya Cannon F SO
Tammy Larkey C SO
Paula Towns C JR |
1983-1984 Lady Vols
Pam Marr G SO
Mary Ostrowski F SR
Kristie Snyder G SO
Shelley Sexton G FR
Pat Hatmaker G SR
Shelia Collins G JR
Lisa Webb F FR
Linda Ray F JR
Lynne Collins F SR
Valerie Freeman F FR
Cheryl Littlejohn C FR
Tanya Haave F SR
Sonya Cannon F JR
AMy Gamble F FR
Paula Towns C SR |
1982 NCAA Championship
Louisiana Tech defeated Cheyney State (led by C. Vivian Stringer) 76-62. This was the first year that the NCAA sponsored the College Women's Basketball championship. The game took place at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, VA.
1983
1983 NCAA Championship
Southern California beat Louisiana Tech, 69-67. The game took place at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, VA. |
Pat's Coaching Continues to Mature
"At Tenneesee, we use a system called Rebound and Two Points. We came up with it in 1984, and we have used it ever since. The reason we invented it was because we had players on the team who were very sensitive to criticism, no matter how constructive. They felt I was too negative. And maybe I was. It seemed like whatever I said crushed them....
I had another dilemma as well. I was to coach the Olympic team in the Los angeles games that summer. The Olympic team was made up of players who were not accustomed to my agressive verbal style. I needed a way to soften my tone.
R.B. (her husband) is the one who really came up with the system....Anytime a Lady Vol got a compliment from me, she had to say, "Two points." If I criticized her, she had to yell out "Rebound!" It forced her to keep score in her mind, to count compliments.
1984
1984 NCAA Championship
Southern California beat Tennessee 72-61. The game took place at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.
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1984-1985 Lady Vols
Dawn Marsh G FR
Pam Marr G JR
Kathy Spinks F FR
Sherry Bostic F FR
Shelley Sexton G SO
Shelia Collins G SR
Jennifier Tuggle F FR
Lisa Webb F SO
Linda Ray F SR
Valerie Freeman F SO
Cheryl Littlejohn C SO
SOnya Cannon F SR
Amy Gramble F SO
Karla Horton C FR
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The 1984 summer Olympics took place in Los Angeles, CA from July 28 to August 12. In revenge for the US-led boycott of the 1980 summer Olympics that took place in Moscow, Russia led a boycott of these Olympics. The US women's basketball squad coached by Summitt won the gold medal. South Korea won the silver and China the bronze.
"That job," [coach of the 1984 team] "aged me years. I've never had anything stress me like that. For two-and-a-half years, not a day went by that I didn't think about the Olympics... We couldn't have asked for better talent. It was an all-star collection. My main concern was not to over-coach and to get those young women to play together."
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1985
Mickie DeMoss and Holly Warlick joined Tennessee as assistant coaches. Assistant Nancy Darsch had left to go to the WNBA, where she coached the New York Liberty for one season. (As of 2007, she is a scout for the Minnesota Lynx.)
1985 NCAA Championship
Old Dominion beat Georgia 70-65. The game took place at the Georgia Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
1986
1986 NCAA Championship
Texas beat Sourthern California 97-81. The game took place at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.
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1985-1986 Lady Vols
Dawn Marsh G SO
Pam Marr G SO
Kathy Spinks C SO
Sheila Frost C FR
Sherry Bostic G/F SO
Shelley Sexton G JR
Bridgette Gordon F FR
Jennifer Tuggle F SO
Lisa Webb F/C JR
Melissa McCray G/F FR
Valerie Freeman F JR
Cheryl Littlejohn C JR
Lesia Cecil G FR
Karla Horton C SO
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1986-1987 Lady Vols
Dawn Marsh G JR
Kathy Spinks F/C JR
Sheila Frost C SO
Shelley Sexton G SR
Carla McGhee F FR
Bridgette Gordon F SO
Jennifer Tuggle F SO
Tonya Edwards G FR
Lisa Webb F JR
Melissa McCray G/F SO
Sabrina Mott G FR
Cheryl Littlejohn C SR
Karla Horton
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1987-1988 Lady Vols
Dawn Marsh G SR
Kathy Spinks C SR
Sheila Frost C JR
Gay Townson F JR
Kris Durham G FR
Carla McGhee F SO
Bridgette Gordon F JR
Jennifer Tuggle F JR
Tonya Edwards G SO
Lisa Webb F SR
Melissa McCray G/F JR
Pearl Moore F FR |
1988-1989 Lady Vols
Regina Clark G FR
Dena Head G FR
Sheila Frost C SR
Kris Durham G SO
Carla McGhee C/F SO
Bridgette Gordon F SR
Daedra Charles C SO
Tonya Edwards G JR
Kelli Casteel F FR
Melissa McCray G SR
Pearl Moore C SO
Debbie Scott F FR
Debbie Hawhee F FR |
1987
After 14 years of coaching, Tennessee wins its first National Championship. They‘d reached the Final Four 7 times from 1974-1986, and lost each time.
| 1987 NCAA Championship
Tennessee beat Louisiana Tech 67-44. The game took place at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. (FIRST)
1988
1988 NCAA Championship
Louisiana Tech beat Auburn 56-54. The game took place at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington.
1989
1989 NCAA Championship
Tennessee beat Auburn 76-70. The game took place at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. (SECOND)
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1989-1990 Lady Vols
Jody Adams G FR
Regina Clark G SO
Dena Head G SO
Lisa Harrison F FR
Carla McGhee F/C JR
Daedra Charles C JR
Tonya Edwards G SR
Kelli Casteel C SO
Pearl Moore C SO
Melissa Smith F/C FR
Debbie scott F SO
Debbie Hawhee F SO |
Bibliography
Reach For the Summitt, Pat Summitt and Sally Jenkins. 1998. Broadway Books.
Raise the Roof, Pat Summitt and Sally Jenkins. 1998. Broadway Books.
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