![Pat Summitt, who built the University of Tennessee's Lady Volunteers into a perennial power on the way to becoming the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball, died Tuesday, June 28. Her death came five years after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2016%2F06%2F28%2Fus%2Fpat-summitt-obit%2Findex.html" target="_blank">She was 64.</a>](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092725-01-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_4266,h_2400,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Pat Summitt, who built the University of Tennessee's Lady Volunteers into a perennial power on the way to becoming the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball, died Tuesday, June 28. Her death came five years after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. She was 64.
![University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks women's basketball player Pat Summitt goes for the lay-up at the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee, in the 1970s.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092727-02-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_2478,h_1394,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks women's basketball player Pat Summitt goes for the lay-up at the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee, in the 1970s.
![Coach Pat Summitt is carried off the floor by her players after the USA won the gold medal in basketball against Korea in the 1984 Olympics.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092729-03-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_5016,h_2822,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Coach Pat Summitt is carried off the floor by her players after the USA won the gold medal in basketball against Korea in the 1984 Olympics.
![University of Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt during a game against Alabama played in Knoxville, Tennessee, on January 28, 1996.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092731-04-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_3534,h_1988,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
University of Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt during a game against Alabama played in Knoxville, Tennessee, on January 28, 1996.
![President George Bush honors the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, the woman's NCAA Basketball tournament champions, in the White House Rose Garden on April 22, 1991.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092733-05-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_3451,h_1941,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
President George Bush honors the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, the woman's NCAA Basketball tournament champions, in the White House Rose Garden on April 22, 1991.
![Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and son Tyler, 5, take down the net after winning the NCAA Women's Final Four against Georgia at the Charlotte Coliseum in North Carolina on March 31, 1996.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092735-06-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_2446,h_1376,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and son Tyler, 5, take down the net after winning the NCAA Women's Final Four against Georgia at the Charlotte Coliseum in North Carolina on March 31, 1996.
![President Bill Clinton and Kentucky Wildcats coach Rick Pitino listen to Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt during a White House ceremony on May 20, 1996 honoring the NCAA men's and women's college basketball champions.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092736-07-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_2268,h_1276,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
President Bill Clinton and Kentucky Wildcats coach Rick Pitino listen to Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt during a White House ceremony on May 20, 1996 honoring the NCAA men's and women's college basketball champions.
![Tennessee players and head coach Pat Summitt join hands before taking the court against Kentucky in an NCAA college basketball championship game at the Southeastern Conference tournament on March 6, 2011, in Nashville.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092737-08-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_4061,h_2284,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Tennessee players and head coach Pat Summitt join hands before taking the court against Kentucky in an NCAA college basketball championship game at the Southeastern Conference tournament on March 6, 2011, in Nashville.
![Tennessee Lady Vols player Alberta Auguste hugs head coach Pat Summitt as they celebrate their 59-46 victory against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to win the 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Game on April 3, 2007 in Cleveland, Ohio.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092739-09-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_3818,h_2148,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Tennessee Lady Vols player Alberta Auguste hugs head coach Pat Summitt as they celebrate their 59-46 victory against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to win the 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Game on April 3, 2007 in Cleveland, Ohio.
![Coach Pat Summitt celebrates after Tennessee's 59-46 win against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to win the 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Game on April 3, 2007 in Cleveland, Ohio.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092740-10-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_4070,h_2289,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Coach Pat Summitt celebrates after Tennessee's 59-46 win against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to win the 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Game on April 3, 2007 in Cleveland, Ohio.
![Tennessee coach Pat Summitt has confetti dumped on her by Alicia Manning and Alex Fuller after an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia on February 5, 2009 in Knoxville. Tennessee won 73-43, giving Summitt her 1,000th career victory.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092742-11-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_3920,h_2205,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt has confetti dumped on her by Alicia Manning and Alex Fuller after an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia on February 5, 2009 in Knoxville. Tennessee won 73-43, giving Summitt her 1,000th career victory.
![Tennessee Volunteers coach Pat Summitt holds the championship trophy after winning the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game on March 4, 2012 in Nashville.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092743-12-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_5333,h_3000,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Tennessee Volunteers coach Pat Summitt holds the championship trophy after winning the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game on March 4, 2012 in Nashville.
![Former NCAA basketball coach Pat Summitt is presented with a Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama on May 29, 2012 at the White House.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628092744-13-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_3466,h_1949,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Former NCAA basketball coach Pat Summitt is presented with a Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama on May 29, 2012 at the White House.
![Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award onstage during the 2012 ESPY Awards on July 11, 2012.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160628093006-14-pat-summitt.jpg?q=w_5079,h_2857,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award onstage during the 2012 ESPY Awards on July 11, 2012.