The sports world was saddened after the announcement that coaching legend Pat Summitt passed away earlier this week after suffering from early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s. She had a profound impact on several Duke coaches who recently discussed the legacy of the Hall of Fame coach.
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Duke Women’s Basketball head coach Joanne P. McCallie came across Pat Summitt several times throughout her coaching career. Summitt and McCallie coached against each other in the SEC when Coach P was an assistant at Auburn, helped McCallie earn her first head coaching job at the University of Maine by writing a reference, and the two coaches also met in the 2005 Final Four when McCallie led the Spartans in a huge upset of Tennessee.