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The storied career of Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt recorded it’s unprecedented 1,000th win tonight with Tennessee’s win over Georgia in Knoxville. This record looks very nice next to Summitt’s 8 National Championships.
Pat Summitt now has 1,000 victories, an unprecedented height even she finds dizzying.
“It’s a hard number to even comprehend,” the Tennessee coach said.
Summitt became the first Division I basketball coach — men’s or women’s — to win 1,000 career games Thursday night as her 12th-ranked Lady Vols beat Georgia 73-43. It was their second chance in four days at giving their coach her latest and one of her greatest milestones.
Summitt is not only the first to 1,000 Division I victories, but she might be on the only one for a long time. The only coaches with at least 900 are Bob Knight (902), the former men’s coach at Indiana and Texas Tech currently working in TV, and retired Texas women’s coach Jody Conradt (900).
Congratulations, Pat! You’ve worked hard to set a standard that will be hard to beat.
