Auction Ends: Feb 25, 2017 09:30 PM EST

Collectibles

Pat Summitt Autographed Photo

Item Number: 280

Estimated Value: Priceless
Opening Bid: 250 USD

Item Description

Own a true piece of sports history in this Pat Summitt Autographed Photo with numbered certificate of Authenticity from PSA/ DNA services.

Over the course of her career, she accrued 1,098 career wins, the most in NCAA basketball history. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012, before retiring at age 59 because of a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She won eight NCAA championships (a NCAA women's record when she retired), a number surpassed only by the 1O titles won by UCLA men's coach John Wooden and the 11 titles won by UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma. She was the first NCAA coach, and one of four college coaches overall, with at least 1,000 wins.

Summitt also won two Olympic medals: a gold as head coach of the 1984 U.S. women's basketball team and a silver as a player on the 1976 team. She was named the Naismith Basketball Coach of the Century in 2000. In 2009, the Sporting News placed her at number 11 on its list of the 50 Greatest Coaches of All Time in all sports; she was the only woman on the list. In 38 years as a coach, she never had a losing season. In 2012, Summitt was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2012 ESPY Awards.

Item Special Note

Local Winning Bidder may pick up at OLPH School on Wednesday, March 1, between 8 AM and 4 PM or Thursday, March 2, between 4 and 7 PM. Other times may be arranged by calling the school office at 423-622-1481.

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