Pat Summitt: Career in Photos

: Tennessee head caoch Pat Summitt walks across the court as her team works during a practice session for their first-round NCAA Tournament game against Western Carolina in Knoxville. Tenn., Saturday, March 19, 2005. Summitt was one win away from tying Dean Smith for most career wins in NCAA basketball history.

: U.S. women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt is carried off by members of the team following their 85-55 Olympic gold medal win over Korea in Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 1984. (AP Photo/Pete Leabo)

: SECAUCUS, NJ – APRIL 25: (L to R) Tennesee alumni Tamika Catchings, Gwen Jackson, Kara Lawson and coach Pat Summit pose during the 2003 WNBA draft on April 25, 2003 in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE via Getty Images)

: SPRINGFIELD, MA – SEPTEMBER 5: Head coach Pat Summitt of the Tennessee Lady Vols speaks before presenting former head coach Leon Barmore of Louisiana Tech University at the Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony on September 5, 2003 in Springfield, Massachussetts. (Photo by Jesse Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

: SPRINGFIELD, MA – OCTOBER 13: Inductee Pat Summitt, head basketball coach at the University of Tennessee poses for a photo during the 2000 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremonies in Springfield, Massachusetts on October 13, 2000. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

: Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt acknowledges the fans’ cheers as she leaves the court following the Lady Vols’ 80-68 win over Vanderbilt on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006 in Nashville, Tenn. It was the 900th career college basketball win for Summitt as a coach. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

: Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, right, talks with Candace Parker during their college basketball game against Stanford Friday, Nov. 24, 2006 in Knoxville, Tenn. Parker scored 25 points in the 77-60 win. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

: Tennessee coach Pat Summitt smiles as she cuts the net after Tennessee beat Mississippi in the NCAA women’s regional final basketball game Tuesday, March 27, 2007, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

: Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt waves to the fans after Tennessee defeated Kentucky 90-65 to win the NCAA college basketball championship game at the Southeastern Conference tournament on Sunday, March 6, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

: Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt answers questions during a news conference on Sunday, March 20, 2011, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee will face Marquette on Monday in a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

: President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to former basketball coach Pat Summitt during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. It’s presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the national interests of the United States, to world peace or to other significant endeavors. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

: KNOXVILLE, TN – DECEMBER 7: (L-R) Former coach Pat Head Summit, Tamika Catchings, and Lady Vols athletic director Joan Cronan during a half-time ceremony retiring Catchings college jersey December 7, 2003 at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. Catchings, who currently plays for the WNBA Indiana Fever, is only the fifth Lady Vol player to have her jersey retired. (Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/NBAE via Getty Images)

: INDIANAPOLIS – JULY 30: WNBA President Donna Orender (L) presents the 2009 WNBA Inspiring Coach Award to Pat Summitt (R), the women’s head basketball coach at Tennessee as former Tennessee player, Tamika Catchings, joins in the celebration prior to the Indiana Fever taking on the Connecticut Sun Conseco Fieldhouse July 30, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Copyright 2009 NBAE (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)

: INDIANAPOLIS, IN – OCTOBER 21: Hall of Famer and former University of Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt takes in the game of the Minnesota Lynx against the Indiana Fever during Game 4 of the 2012 WNBA Finals on October 21, 2012 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

: SPRINGFIELD, MA – OCTOBER 13 : Inductee Pat Summitt, head basketball coach at the University of Tennessee speaks during the 2000 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremonies in Springfield, Massachusetts on October 13, 2000. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)