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Pat Summitt steps down from coach post

  • Tennessee Martin University Skyhawks women's basketball player Pat Summitt #55 at the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee, circa 1970. (Photo by Collegiate Images, LLC/WireImage)
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    Tennessee Martin University Skyhawks women's basketball player Pat Summitt #55 at the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee, circa 1970. (Photo by Collegiate Images, LLC/WireImage)
  • U.S. women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is carried off by members of the team following their 85-55 Olympic gold medal win over Koran in Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 1984. (AP Photo/Pete Leabo)
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    U.S. women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is carried off by members of the team following their 85-55 Olympic gold medal win over Koran in Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 1984. (AP Photo/Pete Leabo)
  • President George Bush honors the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, the woman's NCAA Basketball tournament champions, in the White House Rose Garden Monday, April 22, 1991. From left are Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt holder her baby Tyler, center Daedra Charles, guard Dena Head and Vice President Dan Quayle. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
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    President George Bush honors the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, the woman's NCAA Basketball tournament champions, in the White House Rose Garden Monday, April 22, 1991. From left are Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt holder her baby Tyler, center Daedra Charles, guard Dena Head and Vice President Dan Quayle. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
  • Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt holds up the net with her son Tyler after the Lady Vols defeated Old Dominion 68-59 to win the NCAA Division I Women's Final Four Tournament Sunday, March 30, 1997, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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    Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt holds up the net with her son Tyler after the Lady Vols defeated Old Dominion 68-59 to win the NCAA Division I Women's Final Four Tournament Sunday, March 30, 1997, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
  • Tennessee coach Pat Summitt yells to her players during second half action of Tennessee's 80-66 semi-final win over Notre Dame in the NCAA Women's Final Four game Friday, March 28, 1997 in Cincinnati. The Lady Vols will play Old Dominion in the title game on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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    Tennessee coach Pat Summitt yells to her players during second half action of Tennessee's 80-66 semi-final win over Notre Dame in the NCAA Women's Final Four game Friday, March 28, 1997 in Cincinnati. The Lady Vols will play Old Dominion in the title game on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
  • Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt talks with Tamika Catchings during their game against South Carolina Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee defeated South Carolina 99-45. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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    Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt talks with Tamika Catchings during their game against South Carolina Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee defeated South Carolina 99-45. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
  • Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt watches her team lose to the University of Connecticut at the 2002 NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals in San Antonio, Texas, March 29, 2002. Connecticut defeated Tennessee 79-56. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell
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    Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt watches her team lose to the University of Connecticut at the 2002 NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals in San Antonio, Texas, March 29, 2002. Connecticut defeated Tennessee 79-56. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell
  • Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt signs autographs during the team's basketball practice, Saturday, March 24, 2007, in Dayton, Ohio. Tennessee will play Marist on Sunday in a Dayton Regional semifinal. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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    Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt signs autographs during the team's basketball practice, Saturday, March 24, 2007, in Dayton, Ohio. Tennessee will play Marist on Sunday in a Dayton Regional semifinal. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
  • Tennessee coach Pat Summitt talks with an official after a technical foul was called on Tennessee during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Georgia beat Tennessee 53-50. (AP Photo/Tricia Spaulding)
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    Tennessee coach Pat Summitt talks with an official after a technical foul was called on Tennessee during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Georgia beat Tennessee 53-50. (AP Photo/Tricia Spaulding)
  • Tennessee's head coach Pat Summitt, left, looks on along with team members Isabelle Harrison, second from left, Cierra Burdick, third from left, and Alicia Manning before the start of their NCAA college basketball game against UCLA, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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    Tennessee's head coach Pat Summitt, left, looks on along with team members Isabelle Harrison, second from left, Cierra Burdick, third from left, and Alicia Manning before the start of their NCAA college basketball game against UCLA, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Tennessee Volunteers fans hold up a cardboard photo of women's basketball coach Pat Summitt during the game against the Connecticut Huskies at Thompson-Boling Arena on January 21, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee defeated Connecticut 60-57. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
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    Tennessee Volunteers fans hold up a cardboard photo of women's basketball coach Pat Summitt during the game against the Connecticut Huskies at Thompson-Boling Arena on January 21, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee defeated Connecticut 60-57. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
  • Head coach Pat Summitt and Glory Johnson of the Tennessee Volunteers embrace after winning the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game at the Bridgestone Arena on March 4, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
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    Head coach Pat Summitt and Glory Johnson of the Tennessee Volunteers embrace after winning the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game at the Bridgestone Arena on March 4, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
Tennessee Martin University Skyhawks women's basketball player Pat Summitt #55 at the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee, circa 1970. (Photo by Collegiate Images, LLC/WireImage)
U.S. women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is carried off by members of the team following their 85-55 Olympic gold medal win over Koran in Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 1984. (AP Photo/Pete Leabo)
President George Bush honors the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, the woman's NCAA Basketball tournament champions, in the White House Rose Garden Monday, April 22, 1991. From left are Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt holder her baby Tyler, center Daedra Charles, guard Dena Head and Vice President Dan Quayle. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt holds up the net with her son Tyler after the Lady Vols defeated Old Dominion 68-59 to win the NCAA Division I Women's Final Four Tournament Sunday, March 30, 1997, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt yells to her players during second half action of Tennessee's 80-66 semi-final win over Notre Dame in the NCAA Women's Final Four game Friday, March 28, 1997 in Cincinnati. The Lady Vols will play Old Dominion in the title game on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt talks with Tamika Catchings during their game against South Carolina Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee defeated South Carolina 99-45. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt watches her team lose to the University of Connecticut at the 2002 NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals in San Antonio, Texas, March 29, 2002. Connecticut defeated Tennessee 79-56. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell
Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt signs autographs during the team's basketball practice, Saturday, March 24, 2007, in Dayton, Ohio. Tennessee will play Marist on Sunday in a Dayton Regional semifinal. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt talks with an official after a technical foul was called on Tennessee during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Georgia beat Tennessee 53-50. (AP Photo/Tricia Spaulding)
Tennessee's head coach Pat Summitt, left, looks on along with team members Isabelle Harrison, second from left, Cierra Burdick, third from left, and Alicia Manning before the start of their NCAA college basketball game against UCLA, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Tennessee Volunteers fans hold up a cardboard photo of women's basketball coach Pat Summitt during the game against the Connecticut Huskies at Thompson-Boling Arena on January 21, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee defeated Connecticut 60-57. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
Head coach Pat Summitt and Glory Johnson of the Tennessee Volunteers embrace after winning the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game at the Bridgestone Arena on March 4, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)

Pat Summitt is stepping aside as Tennessee's women's basketball coach and taking the title of ''head coach emeritus'' with long-time assistant Holly Warlick being promoted to replace the sport's winningest coach, Apr. 18.