A little bit later she was told she had left her car running in the parking lot. I am reading the remarkable book Sum it Up (Random House, by Sally Jenkins) on former Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt, who was diagnosed with early onset dementia.Ībout three years ago, In her late 50’s and still coaching Tennessee as the all time winningest coach in college basketball history, she drove to work one day as usual. So much of our lives is determined by the set of attitudes we build and our fire within. Adams is a journalist, author, and motivational speaker. Auriemma is still at UConn he won his record-setting 11th national title with the Huskies in April.–Charlie Adams is an Oxford native, graduate of Lafayette High School and a member of the Ole Miss Class of 1985. In the years since, as Summitt's battled early onset dementia, the relationship dropped its defensiveness and hostility. Summitt writes that the fracture was catalyzed by Auriemma, and then, ultimately, she opted to end the series between the Vols and Huskies due to issues with how UConn was recruiting. An excerpt of that was published earlier this year. In her latest and last book, Sum It Up, which was released in March, she dedicates some ink to the schism that ultimately ended the UConn-Tennessee rivalry. The dynamic between Auriemma and Summitt changed from a friendly rivalry to something more contentious in the final decade of Summitt's career. That's how she built her program to where it is." "I don't think anyone was surprised she wanted to play in that game," Auriemma said. He remembered when they first played in 1995 when Summitt agreed to come up and play the Huskies on national television. That was the program everyone tried to be," he said. "She was the one that everyone tried to emulate. "It's really difficult."Īuriemma credited Summitt for raising the bar for himself and countless other coaches.
"It's sad to see her family go through this," Auriemma told The Associated Press. The Associated Press got a hold of Auriemma, who heard of Summitt's latest turn against Alzheimer's-type dementia while attending a WNBA game in New York.
And has her rival, UConn coach Geno Auriemma, reflecting on her impact. The news on Sunday of basketball legend Pat Summitt's declining state of health has the sports community bracing for the worst. Geno Auriemma's rivalry with Pat Summitt was one of the defining plot lines in women's college hoops.
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