RIP Pat Summitt

[PineGroveBully]

Only 64, altzheimers is a *****

 

[121Josey]

They got Buddy Ryan too.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

My grandfather died from it last year. It's devastating and sad to watch it slowly take away everything.

 

[PineGroveBully]

My grandmother was diagnosed with it 4-5 years ago. She seldom recognizes us grandchildren not her kids. It's as heartbreaking of a disease as there is.

 

[MSUDC11]

Was privileged to be there for her last game at The Hump in 2012. It was sad to see her just sitting there watching while her lead assistant did all the coaching.

One of the greatest coaches ever, regardless of the sport.

 

[Dawg1969]

Ran a couple of miles with at Jackson YMCA. She was fun to talk to and a nice lady. Really sorry about her health issues.

 

[msu84grad]

Coach Pat was extremely classy and nice to a kid from Mississippi...

In 1983 I went with the women's team to the SEC Tournament in Knoxville where I met her the first time. She was very interested to find out that the student newspaper's sports editor came to the tournament. While watching another game there in Stokely Arena she was sitting with several other SEC coaches and they gave me a mini-clinic on basketball in general and the women's game in specifics. The next year in Athens she recognized me and asked how I was doing. Of course this was when the women's game was just starting to pick up, but I was in awe to find someone so talented as a coach but so friendly in real life. RIP Coach Pat.