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Since the beginning of her profession as Sweetheart Vol head instructor at twenty-two yrs . old, Pat Head Summitt effectively established the University of Tennessee Lady Vols as the most notable women's athletics program in the nation. The winningest instructor in the history of NCAA basketball, Summitt overcame one obstacle after another on the road to every victory, but it is the lives she has impacted along the way that tell the story of her true legacy. Her legacy hasn't faltered -- not even during her last season as brain instructor, when she faced her fiercest adversary yet: the examination of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. In The Last Season: The Determination of Pat Summitt, Maria M. Cornelius explains to the story of her last coaching season through the sight of those who know her best, from players to aid personnel to Summitt's closest friends and advisors. Cornelius presents viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the summary of Summitt's coaching career, detailing how her examination impacted her players and her personnel as well as her supporters. The Last Season unveils how Summitt's impressive story of determination not only united a team of young women but also helped bring an entire sports activities following together. The publication is published because of the University or college of Tennessee Press. "With a mixture of poignant feeling and the objectivity of a journalist, Cornelius needs the audience behind the scenes to see Summitt's final calendar year as instructor." (Joan Cronan, UT Women's Athletic Director Emeritus) "The Final Season gives the fan up-close and personal understanding on how the Lady Vol family came up along for Pat's last season-rallying around their Mentor." (Debby Schriver, author of In the Footsteps of Champions) "Maria Cornelius catches the fact of the emotions, determination, have difficulty, and the ability to defeat the adversity that lay before us." (Jenny Moshak, Sweetheart Vols Golf ball Athletic Trainer)