1983 NCAA Coach of the Year
1983 WBCA/Converse Coach of the Year
1987 NCAA Coach of the Year
1987 Naismith College Coach of the Year
1989 NCAA Coach of the Year
1989 Naismith College Coach of the Year
1990 Summitt received the most prestigious award given by the Basketball Hall of Fame, the John Bunn Award. Summitt was the first female to receive the award in the Hall's history.
1990 Women's Sports Foundation Hall of Fame
1993 SEC Coach of the Year
1994 NCAA Coach of the Year
1994 Naismith College Coach of the Year
1994 Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio
1995 SEC Coach of the Year
1995 SEC Coach of the Year
1995 NCAA Coach of the Year
1995 WBCA/Converse Coach of the Year
1996 "Distinguished Citizen of the Year" by the Great Smoky Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
1996 inducted into the National Association for Sport and Physical Education's Hall of Fame
1997 Governor Ned McWherter Award of Excellence
1997 Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio
1997 Casey Award, which is annually presented by the Kansas City Sports Commission.
1997 Honored at White House and named one of "25 Most Influential Working Mothers" as selected by Working Mother magazine
1998 NCAA Coach of the Year
1998 Naismith College Coach of the Year
1998 IKON/WBCA Coach of the Year
1998 City of Knoxville's "1998 Woman of the Year."
1998 Glamour magazine's "1998 Women of the Year,"
1998 Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio
1999 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
1999 ARETE Award for Courage in Sports
1999 WISE 1999 Women of the Year
2000 Naismith Coach of the Century
2000 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
2001 SEC Coach of the Year
2003 SEC Coach of the Year
2004 SEC Coach of the Year
2004 NCAA Coach of the Year
2004 Naismith College Coach of the Year
2007 SEC Coach of the Year
2007 "Winged Foot" Award by the New York Athletic Club
2007 2007 Dick Enberg Award winner by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
2007 Named one of "Americas Best Leaders for 2007" by U.S. News & World Report
2008 John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching lifetime achievement award
2008 "Winged Foot" Award by the New York Athletic Club
2008 Best Coach/Manager (collegiate or pro level) ESPY
2008 Joe Lapchick Character Award
2009 Honorary doctorate from the United States Sports Academy
2009 2009 WNBA Inspiring Coach Award
2009 RUSSELL ATHLETIC/WBCA Victory Club Award for 1,000 career wins
2011 SEC Coach of the Year
2011 Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias Courage Award by The United States Sports Academy
2011 Maggie Dixon Courage Award
2011 Named a 2011 Game Changer by The Huffington Post
2011 Communicator of the Year by The Tennessee Communication Association
2011 Third member of the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame
2011 2011 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year alongside 2011 Sportsman of the Year, Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom
2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the President's Council on Physical Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
2012 Named to the U.S. Department of State's Council to Empower Women and Girls Through Sports
2012 Pop Warner Female Achievement Award
2012 Global ATHENA Leadership Award
2012 Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
2012 Michael J. Cleary Merit of Honor Award by NACDA
2012 Arthur Ashe Courage Award
2012 Billie Jean King Legacy Award presented by the USTA
2012 UT Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumna Award
2012 Knoxville Association of Women Executives Notable Woman Award
2012 The NCAA also honored her legacy, and that of UCLA men's basketball coaching great John Wooden, by naming a room in its new Myles Brand headquarters building the Summitt-Wooden Room
2013 AARP Andrus Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 New York Athletic Club "Winged Foot" Legend Award
2013 Mannie Jackson - Basketball's Human Spirit Award
2013 FIBA Hall of Fame
2013 Keith Jackson Eternal Flame Award presented by CoSIDA
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