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Pat Summitt stepping down as Vols coach

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(L to R) Tennesse women's head basketball coach Pat Summitt, Jackie Sibe, chair of the NCAA Womens Basketball Committee, Notre Dame's head basketball coach Muffet McGrew and Sue Donahoe, NCAA Vice President of the Women's Basketball Championship, watch as hundreds of children line-up to bounce basketballs several blocks to the Gateway Arch, during festivities for the Women's Final Four in St. Louis on April 4, 2009. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
(L to R) Tennesse women's head basketball coach Pat Summitt, Jackie Sibe, chair of the NCAA Womens Basketball Committee, Notre Dame's head basketball coach Muffet McGrew and Sue Donahoe, NCAA Vice President of the Women's Basketball Championship, watch as hundreds of children line-up to bounce basketballs several blocks to the Gateway Arch, during festivities for the Women's Final Four in St. Louis on April 4, 2009. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt) 
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Published: April 18, 2012 at 2:24 PM

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 18 (UPI) -- Pat Summitt, diagnosed with early onset dementia, has resigned as Tennessee women's basketball coach after piling up an NCAA record 1,098 wins in 38 seasons.

The school said Wednesday it has named her head coach emeritus and associate head coach Holly Warlick has been named her successor.

Summitt, 59, who was diagnosed with the disease several months ago, won eight national championships with the Volunteers. She finished her career with a 1,098-208 record.

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