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With 1,098 wins and eight national championships, Lady Vol Coach Pat Summitt has left a remarkable legacy of perseverance, leadership, and passion for the game--but her victories on the court aren't the only legacy she has left in her wake.
Since the beginning of her career as Lady Vol head coach at twenty-two years old, Pat Head Summitt effectively established the University of Tennessee Lady Vols as the top women's athletics program in the nation. The winningest coach in the history of NCAA basketball, Summitt overcame one obstacle after another on the road to every victory, but it is the lives she has impacted along the way that tell the story of her true legacy. Forever a role model for young women, expecting nothing but the best from her players and from those around her, her legacy has never faltered--not even during her final season as head coach, when she faced her fiercest adversary yet: the diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
In The Final Season: The Perseverance of Pat Summitt , Maria M. Cornelius tells the story of her final coaching season through the eyes of those who know her best, from players to support staff to Summitt's closest friends and advisors. Beginning with the diagnosis that shook the Tennessee community in the summer of 2011 and continuing through to the final game of the 2011-12 season, The Final Season presents readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the conclusion of Summitt's coaching career, detailing from the perspective of a sports writer how her diagnosis impacted her players and her staff as well as her fans.
With forewords by former Lady Vol Candace Parker and Swish Appeal editor Mike Robinson, The Final Season reveals how Summitt's remarkable story of perseverance not only united a team of young women but also brought an entire sports following together, revealing an incredible support system that spanned far beyond Summitt's Tennessee community. The coach's determined spirit, selfless love, and sense of humor shine through the pages of Cornelius's book, painting for readers the picture of a beloved leader and detailing the personal moments of defeat and triumph that make Summitt a true champion.
Author Notes
MARIA M. CORNELIUS has written about the Lady Vols basketball program since 1998 for local, regional and national media. A freelance writer for Inside Tennessee, Cornelius lives in Knoxville and continues to cover the program. She works full-time as a writer/editor for Moxley Carmichael, a leading public relations and communications firm in East Tennessee.
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In The Final Season: The Perseverance of Pat Summitt, Cornelius superbly focuses on the many aspects of Summitt's last season as the head basketball coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers. This book covers the announcement of Pat's early-onset dementia diagnosis in August 2011 to her stepping down as head coach in April 2012 and relinquishing the program to Holly Warlick, her assistant coach of 27 years. Many of the chapters cover an event and/or a person over the course of the 2011-12 basketball season. Highlights include chapters on individual players, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) season and tournament, the NCAA tournament, and Pat's incredible legacy. The book is full of raw emotion, reactions, and observations from those closest to Pat. Throughout the book, the black-and-white images give the reader a peek into the great coach's world on the court. Cornelius's work provides an in-depth view of the special relationships Coach Summitt had with her players, other coaches, staff, the media, and the entire Tennessee sports nation. This is a must-read for any true college basketball fan. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers. --Sheila J. Bryant, Michigan State University
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| Chapter 1 The Announcement | p. 9 |
| Chapter 2 Spring and Summer 2011 | p. 15 |
| Chapter 3 The Class of 2012 | p. 21 |
| Chapter 4 Basketball Begins | p. 29 |
| Chapter 5 Vicki Baugh | p. 35 |
| Chapter 6 Practice Begins | p. 41 |
| Chapter 7 SEC Media Day | p. 47 |
| Chapter 8 Knoxville Media Day | p. 53 |
| Chapter 9 The 2011-12 Season Begins | p. 57 |
| Chapter 10 Manifestation of Dementia | p. 61 |
| Chapter 11 Angie Bjorklund | p. 65 |
| Chapter 12 Candace Parker | p. 73 |
| Chapter 13 Coast to Coast | p. 79 |
| Chapter 14 California Bound | p. 89 |
| Chapter 15 Back to Work | p. 95 |
| Chapter 16 Healing Power of Humor | p. 101 |
| Chapter 17 SEC Season | p. 105 |
| Chapter 18 Trip to South Bend | p. 115 |
| Chapter 19 Season of Adjustment | p. 121 |
| Chapter 20 SEC Battles | p. 131 |
| Chapter 21 Regular Season Winds Down | p. 145 |
| Chapter 22 Senior Day | p. 157 |
| Chapter 23 Pat Summitt's Bodyguard | p. 165 |
| Chapter 24 The Lady Vol Invitational | p. 173 |
| Chapter 25 SEC Tournament Championship | p. 187 |
| Chapter 26 Practice and Rest | p. 195 |
| Chapter 27 Selection Show | p. 201 |
| Chapter 28 NCAA Tourney Time | p. 209 |
| Chapter 29 Success in Chicago | p. 215 |
| Chapter 30 Posts Ready for Postseason | p. 223 |
| Chapter 31 Media Day in Des Moines | p. 227 |
| Chapter 32 Sweet 16 | p. 233 |
| Chapter 33 Elite Eight | p. 239 |
| Chapter 34 The Final Post-Game | p. 247 |
| Chapter 35 Eve of Announcement | p. 255 |
| Chapter 36 End of an Era | p. 259 |
| Chapter 37 Pat XO | p. 269 |
| Chapter 38 Pat Summitt's Final Championship | p. 277 |
| Chapter 39 The Legacy | p. 285 |
| Afterword | p. 297 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 301 |
| Index | p. 303 |
