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Highlights From Pat Summitt's Legendary Basketball Career

Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history, died at 64.

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Image: Basketball coach Pat Summitt dead at 64

Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who lifted the women's game to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee, died at age 64 Tuesday.

Above: Summitt is carried off by members of the U.S. women's basketball team following their 85-55 win over South Korea in the gold medal game in the Olympics in Los Angeles on August 8, 1984. 

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Summitt and son Tyler, take down the net after Tennessee defeated Georgia 83-65 in the title game at the NCAA women's basketball Final Four at Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 31, 1996.

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Summitt signals to her players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the NCAA Women's Mideast Regional in Nashville, Tennessee on March 21, 1998.

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Summitt watches her team as she runs them through their paces during practice at the Ted Constant Convention Center in Norfolk, Virginia on March 18, 2006.

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Tennessee coach Pat Summitt has confetti dumped on her by players Alicia Manning (15) and Alex Fuller (2) after the Lady Vols defeated Georgia 73-43 in an NCAA college basketball game, earning Summitt her 1,000th career coaching victory in Knoxville, Tennessee on February 5, 2009.

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Summitt waves as she leaves the court after Tennessee defeated DePaul 63-48 in an NCAA tournament second-round women's college basketball game in Rosemont, Illinois on March 19, 2012.

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Summitt cuts down the net after Tennessee defeated LSU to win the Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament in Nashville, Tennessee on March 4, 2012.

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President Barack Obama awards Summitt the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012.

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Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt smiles as a banner is raised in her honor before the team's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Knoxville, Tennesse on January 28, 2013.

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Tennessee Head Coach Emeritus watches the senior class that was honored before the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt in in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 1, 2015.

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Teresa Olive touches a statue of Summitt as she pays her respects at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 28, 2016.

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