Kay Yow
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| Sport(s) | Women's Basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 14, 1942 Gibsonville, North Carolina |
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| Died | January 24, 2009 (aged 66) Cary, North Carolina |
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| 1971–1975 | Elon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–2009 | NC State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 737–344 (.682) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5× ACC regular season (1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1990) 4× ACC Tournament (1980, 1985, 1987, 1991) |
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| Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2000 |
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Sandra Kay Yow (March 14, 1942 – January 24, 2009) was an American basketball coach. She was the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team from 1975 to 2009. A member of the Naismith Hall of Fame, she had more than 700 career wins. She also coached the U.S. women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. In April 2010, CollegeInsider.com created a new award called the Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award in her honor. It will be presented annually to the women's college basketball head coach who displays great personal character on and off the court.
Yow received her Bachelor of Science degree in English from East Carolina University in 1964, she was a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority. After graduation she worked as English teacher, librarian and girls' basketball coach at Allen Jay High School in High Point, North Carolina. She then earned her Master's degree in Physical Education from UNC-Greensboro in 1970 and then took the position of women's athletics coordinator and women's basketball coach at Elon College.
In 1975, Yow became NC State's first full-time women's basketball coach and also coached women's volleyball and softball. She led the women's basketball team to an ACC championship in the first season of league play in 1978.
On January 11, 2001, she reached the 600-win milestone for her career with a 71–64 win over Temple University. On February 5, 2007, she reached the 700-win milestone for her career with a 68–51 win over Florida State University. At the time of her death, she ranked as the fifth winningest active NCAA Division I women's basketball coach. In recognition for her dedication and success, Yow was selected for induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on June 5, 2002, the fifth female coach to be selected. On February 16, 2007 the basketball court at Reynolds Coliseum was renamed Kay Yow Court in her honor. On July 11, 2007, Yow received the inaugural Jimmy V ESPY Award for Perseverance, an award named for fellow NC State basketball coach and friend Jim Valvano. She received a standing ovation.
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