Near Ashland City in Cheatham County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Pat Head Summitt

June 14, 1952 — June 28, 2016

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, January 23, 2021

1. Pat Head Summitt Marker

Inscription. Richard and Hazel Head moved their family to Cheatham County in 1966 so their daughter, Pat, could play basketball. A 1970 graduate of Cheatham County Central High School and a 1975 graduate of the University of Tennessee-Martin, Pat played in the 1976 Olympics. Later in 1984, she coached the U.S. team to the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. During her 38-year career as the head coach for the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team, she won eight national titles and became the second-winningest college basketball coach with 1,098 victories. In 2000, Pat Head Summitt was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3C 85.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports • Women. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 14, 1952.

Location. 36° 24.587′ N, 87° 12.247′ W. Marker is near Ashland City, Tennessee, in Cheatham County. It is at the intersection of Tennessee 12 and Hazel Drive,

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on the right when traveling south on Tennessee 12. Marker is located near the Head family home in the unincorporated community of Henrietta. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ashland City TN 37015, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee,

in the Highland Rim,

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Clifton Methodist Church (approx. 3.4 miles away); Clifton Forebears are Buried in Old Church Cemetery to Southeast (approx. 3.4 miles away); Old Neptune School (approx. 3.9 miles away); Willie Blount (approx. 4.8 miles away); Neptune (approx. 5 miles away); Harpeth Shoals (approx. 7.9 miles away); Renfroe's Station (approx. 8.6 miles away);

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, January 23, 2021

2. Pat Head Summitt Marker

McAlister's Crossroads (approx. 9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ashland City.

Also see . . . Pat Summitt (Wikipedia). Overview of her personal life and playing and coaching career. (Submitted on January 24, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Pat Head Summitt image. Click for full size.

Staff Sgt. Christina M. O'Connell, U.S. Army / Public domain, June 24, 2008

3. Pat Head Summitt

Taken while she and her Tennessee Volunteers women's basketball team, the 2007-08 NCAA champions, were visiting Walter Reed Army Hospital.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 694 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 24, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.