The Business of Sports Inside the Vanderbilt Marriott hotel on a recent summer day in Nashville, Pat Summitt waits to deliver the keynote address at a conference of real estate executives gathered from across the South. Summitt bides her time meeting and greeting a long line of corporate conferees. She appears right at home. Summitt is the winningest college basketball coach in the history of the game--men's or women's. She boasts six national championships and is a member of the basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. But Pat Summitt is more than a basketball coach. She's a businessperson, an international brand and the driving force behind waves of economic activity benefiting the University of Tennessee, the city of Knoxville and the state. Hobnobbing with the corporate types assembled to hear her speak, Summitt's business credentials are not in question. More...
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