Posted at 6:37 a.m., Thursday, August 16, 2007
Colleges: Tennessee's Summitt files for divorce
Associated Press
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's Pat Summitt, the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history, filed for divorce after nearly 27 years of marriage.Irreconcilable differences were cited in the petition filed Wednesday in the Knoxville suburb of Maryville. She and husband R.B Summit will have been married 27 years on Aug. 23. The marriage was the first for both.
The couple has one child, Tyler, who will be 17 next month. The petition said there are no custody issues and the teenager is living with his mother. R.B. Summitt is a banker in Sevierville.
Summitt has 947 NCAA victories since she began coaching the Lady Vols in 1974. The Hall of Fame coach has led the Lady Vols to seven NCAA championships, including in April when they defeated Rutgers.
The Tennessee sports information department didn't immediately return calls Thursday.
The divorce filing was first reported by The Daily Times in Tennessee.
