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asleep#212036 writes:

in response to OrangePride:

And on a somewhat different planet; anyone remember when UT hired that totally unheard of women's basketball coach with no HC experience? She seems to have worked out OK also.

Even more impressive, she had NO coaching experience at all! She had just graduated from UT Martin and they hired her. Took over a 25-2 team that graduated several players and missed the AIAW playoffs the first couple of seasons, 1974-76. Made the playoffs in 1977 and every year following (I think). The NCAA sanctioned a women's tournament for the 1982-83 season, and we have been a fixture ever since. It is a real shame for every sports fan that her career ended so tragically over a health issue. I'm afraid Auriemma will eventually break her NCAA championship mark but he will never replace her legacy as the woman who put women's sports on the front page, not only at UT, but everywhere. What a privilege to have had her as our coach all those years. Go Vols!!!

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