1. Kay Yow was the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team from 1975 to 2009.
20 Facts About Kay Yow
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Kay Yow coached the US women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987.
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In 2000, Yow was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Kay Yow received her Bachelor of Science degree in English from East Carolina University in 1964, she was a member of the Delta Zeta sorority.
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Kay Yow 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.
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In 1975, Kay Yow became NC State's first full-time women's basketball coach and coached women's volleyball and softball.
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Kay Yow led the women's basketball team to an ACC championship in the first season of league play in 1978.
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In recognition for her dedication and success, Kay 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.
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On July 11,2007, Kay Yow received the inaugural Jimmy V ESPY Award for Perseverance, an award named for fellow NC State basketball coach and friend Jim Valvano.
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Kay Yow coached the silver-medal-winning US women's basketball team in the 1981 World University Games; the 1986 gold-winning US teams in the Goodwill Games and the FIBA World Championship; and the gold-medal-winning US women's basketball team in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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Kay Yow was the assistant coach of the team representing the US at the World University Games held in Mexico City, Mexico in August 1979.
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Kay Yow was the head coach of the team representing the US at the World University Games held in Bucharest, Romania in July 1981.
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Kay Yow served as an assistant coach of the team representing the US in 1984 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Kay Yow was named head coach of the USA National Team which would compete at the 1986 World Championships and the 1990 Olympics.
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Deborah Kay Yow was the athletic director at North Carolina State University, and Susan Kay Yow coached women's basketball at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Kansas State University, Drake University, East Tennessee State University, Providence College, and Belmont Abbey College.
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Susan Kay Yow was in her second season as head coach at Belmont Abbey College.
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Kay Yow's cancer recurred in November 2004 and she began radiation treatments the following month after having surgery.
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Kay Yow had been on a leave of absence from coaching since early January 2009 because of her disease.
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Kay Yow died from stage 4 breast cancer on January 24,2009, in Cary, North Carolina.
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Kay Yow planned her own funeral before she died and recorded a 25-minute video to be played at the service.