Pat Head Summitt June 14, 1952-June 28, 2016

Pat Head Summitt June 14, 1952-June 28, 2016 is a Tennessee historical marker in Cheatham County.

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Richard and Hazel Head moved their family to Cheatham County in 1966 so their daughter, Pat, could play basketball. A 1970 graduate of Cheatham County Central High School and a 1975 graduate of the University of Tennessee-Martin, Pat played in the 1976 Olympics. Later in 1984, she coached the U.S. team to the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. During her 38-year career as the head coach for the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team, she won eight national titles and became the second-winningest college basketball coach with 1,098 victories. In 2000, Pat Head Summitt was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Pat Head Summitt June 14, 1952-June 28, 2016

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