³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

Legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt died this week at the age of 64, five years after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.

Pat won two Olympic medals, silver as a player in 1976 and gold as a coach at the 1984 games in Los Angeles.

Off the court she had a profound impact on empowering women in sport, culminating in her being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A statement from President Obama noted that "For four decades, she outworked her rivals, made winning an attitude, loved her players like family, and became a role model to millions of Americans, including our two daughters."

Under her guidance the University of Tennessee recorded over a thousand victories, the most in college basketball history, for any coach - man or woman.

Kara Lawson played under Summitt at Tennessee and is chair of the Pat Summitt Foundation

Photo: Head Coach Pat Summitt of Tennessee celebrate with her son Tyler after the Lady Volunteers 1996 victory in the NCAA Women''s Final Four. Credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

Show less