Could Pat Summit coach and win a mens basketball team?

Its pretty amazing what she has done @ the university of Tenn,just wonder if she could do the same for a mens team?What do you think?

I think she could do it!:toast:

Nope. Tyrone and Jamal would not give her the time of day. It isn't the same as coaching Sarah and Amy.

Illini said:

Nope. Tyrone and Jamal would not give her the time of day. It isn't the same as coaching Sarah and Amy.

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Thats funny and may be true:lolBIG: but I think she might get rid of Tyrone and Jamal to make it work.She is one hell of a leader

I would take her over the mens' coaches that we have had here for the last 20 years

maybe we'll get Bobby Knight. Can you imagine Knight and Summit on the same campus!

volhound said:

I would take her over the mens' coaches that we have had here for the last 20 years

maybe we'll get Bobby Knight. Can you imagine Knight and Summit on the same campus!

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No way they could coexist!!!!!!!!!!! Bobby would never be able to field a team that plays on the court named after the current Lady Vold coach! That would never happen and we don't want him. He would be third fiddle on campus behind Summit and Fulmer and just won't happen! If Hamilton goes that direction, then he is just :hump: ing himself!!! With all the money that university has, they need to go after someone that has a proven track record and pay them what their worth, not an up and comer they can low ball and hope for the best!!! Bobby Knight would look like the great pumpkin in an orange sweater. We don't want him!!!

To answer your question---she could coach a men's team and be very successful! Just like Coach K and his commercial----She's a leader that just happens to coach basketball!!!

depends on who she has as assistants

She would not have had the same success with the men's game as she has had with the women's game. It's a completely different sport. It's a great accomplishment what she has done, but it doesn't compare to Dean Smith's record. Way wider gap between the haves and have nots in women's than in men's.

Summitt by the numbers
0 — Games coached prior to Tennessee
1 — Undefeated season
5 — NCAA runner-up
6 — SEC coach of the year
6 — NCAA championships
7 — NCAA coach of the year awards
7 — Consecutive SEC regular-season championships
11 — Most single-season losses
11 — SEC tournament titles
13 — SEC regular-season titles
14 — 30-plus win seasons
15 — NCAA Final Four appearances
17 — Regular seasons with 1 or less conference losses
17 — No. 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament
18 — Seasons with five or fewer losses
20 — Assistants who became college or professional head coaches
21 — Final top 5 rankings in AP poll
28 — Consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins
28.5 — Average of wins per season
30 — Regular-season conference losses, all-time
31 — Seasons in Knoxville
39 — Most single-season wins
46 — Assistants who became college or pro basketball coaches
47 — Longest winning streak
53 — Fans in attendance for first victory as coach
69 — Consecutive home wins
74 — Largest margin of victory in NCAA Tournament (1994, vs. N.C. A&T)
83.3 — Win percentage in NCAA Tournament games
86 — Victories in NCAA Tournament
95 — Weeks ranked No. 1 in AP poll
100 — Percentage of NCAA Tournaments made
345 — Weeks ranked in AP poll top 5
352 — Victories vs. ranked teams
879 — Career victories
24,611 — Largest home crowd (Jan. 5 2002 vs. UConn)




Pat Summitt’s year-by-record at Tennessee
Season Overall Conf. Postseason
1974-75 16-8 None State
1975-76 16-11 None State finals
1976-77 28-5 None AIAW Final Four
1977-78 27-4 None AIAW Regionals
1978-79 30-9 None AIAW Final Four
1979-80 33-5 0-0(3) AIAW Finals
1980-81 25-6 0-0 AIAW Finals
1981-82 22-10 0-0 Final Four
1982-83 25-8 7-1(1) Round of 8
1983-84 23-10 7-1(1) NCAA runner-up
1984-85 22-10 4-4(2) Round of 16
1985-86 24-10 5-4 Final Four
1986-87 28-6 6-3 NCAA champions
1987-88 31-3 8-1(2) Final Four
1988-89 35-2 8-1(2) NCAA champions
1989-90 27-6 8-1(1) Round of 8
1990-91 30-5 6-3 NCAA champions
1991-92 28-3 10-1(2) Round of 16
1992-93 29-3 11-0(1) Round of 8
1993-94 31-2 11-0(1,2) Round of 16
1994-95 34-3 11-0(1) NCAA runner-up
1995-96 32-4 9-2(2) NCAA champions
1996-97 29-10 8-4 NCAA champions
1997-98 39-0 14-0(1,2) NCAA champions
1998-99 31-3 13-1(1,2) Round of 8
1999-00 33-4 13-1(1,2) Final Four
2000-01 31-3 14-0(1) Round of 16
2001-02 29-5 13-1(1) Final Four
2002-03 33-5 14-0(1) NCAA runner-up
2003-04 31-4 14-01(1) NCAA runner-up
2004-05 27-4 13-1(2) ???
Totals 879-171 (.837) 241-30
(1) Won Southeastern Conference regular season championship
(2) Won SEC tournament
(3) Did not play SEC regular season schdedule but won league tournament



Summitt, Smith by the numbers
Pat Summitt Dean Smith
880-171, 31 Record, seasons 879-254, 36
83.7 Winning percentage 77.6
24 (of 24) NCAA tournaments 27 (of 36)
87-27 Tournament record 65-27
24 Sweet 16s 21
15 Final Fours 11
6 NCAA titles 2
2000 Naismith Hall of Fame 1983