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NYAC Winged Foot Award
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Reception: 6:00pm, Dinner: 7:00pm |
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New York Athletic Club |
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The Winged Foot Award honors the winning coaches of the men's and women's NCAA National Basketball Championship. The occasion is marked each year at the New York Athletic Club by an awards presentation dinner. The recipient of this year’s men’s award was Bill Self from the University of Kansas and the winner of the women’s award was Pat Summitt from the University of Tennessee.
Summitt earned her second Winged Foot Award after leading the Lady Vols to a 36-2 record this season and a second consecutive national title. The 2008 NCAA Championship victory is the eighth overall for Pat Summitt as coach of the Lady Vols, which is a women’s NCAA record. Tennessee also became the first team to repeat as national champions twice in their school’s history, having won three consecutive titles from 1996-98.
Bill Self captured his first national championship and first Winged Foot Award with his team’s thrilling overtime victory against Memphis in the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. The Jayhawks finished the season with a 37-3 record en route to their first national championship since 1988. Self had also led both the University of Illinois and the University of Tulsa to the Elite Eight during his coaching career.
The New York Athletic Club recognizes that the coaches are the players’ guides both on and off the court during a time when good role models are most important. The New York Athletic Club takes great pride in recognizing and commending the people who make such a difference in the lives of student athletes.
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| THE NYAC WINGED FOOT AWARD |
| RECENT WINNERS |
| YEAR |
RECIPIENT |
SCHOOL |
| 2008 (M) |
Bill Self |
University of Kansas |
| 2008 (W) |
Pat Summitt |
University of Tennessee |
| 2007 (M) |
Billy Donovan |
University of Florida |
| 2007 (W) |
Pat Summitt |
University of Tennessee |
| 2006 (M) |
Billy Donovan |
University of Florida |
| 2006 (W) |
Brenda Frese |
University of Maryland |
| 2005 (M) |
Roy Williams |
University of North Carolina |
| 2005 (W) |
Kim Mulkey-Robertson |
Baylor University |
| 2004 (M) |
Jim Calhoun |
University of Connecticut |
| 2004 (W) |
Geno Auriemma |
University of Connecticut |
| 2003 (M) |
Jim Boeheim |
Syracuse University |
| 2003 (W) |
Geno Auriemma |
University of Connecticut |
| 2002 (M) |
Gary Williams |
University of Maryland |
| 2002 (W) |
Geno Auriemma |
University of Connecticut |
| 2001 (M) |
Mike Krzyzewski |
Duke University |
| 2001 (W) |
Muffet McGraw |
University of Notre Dame |
| 2000 (M) |
Tom Izzo |
Michigan State University |
| 2000 (W) |
Geno Auriemma |
University of Connecticut |
| 1999 (M) |
Jim Calhoun |
University of Connecticut |
| 1999 (W) |
Carolyn Peck |
Purdue University |
| 1998 |
Tubby Smith |
University of Kentucky |
| 1997 |
Lute Olson |
University of Arizona |
| 1996 |
Rick Pitino |
University of Kentucky |
For more information on last year's Winged Foot Awards, please visit our 2005 Winged Foot page.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 | |
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