Ten years after Pat Summitt’s retirement, her former point guard KellieHarper is leading a Tennessee Vols team with high expectations. She hopes to make her own mark with the program by honoring the past—and looking to the future
Harper, 45, openly discusses their lofty aspirations, but she’s well aware that merely putting on the orange-and-white jersey does not mean a net will be cut down in March. While some draw similarities between her and Summitt, Harper hopes to make her own mark with the Vols—it’s a constant balancing act of holding ties to the past while trying to be forward-looking.
The way Harper grew up around the sport, says Al Brown, a Vols assistant coach for the women’s program from 1995 to 2002, meant that learning under Summitt “wasn’t that different.” Brown says she came into Knoxville with a “better understanding of the game than most people because she just lived it with her family.
In her book, Summitt lauded Harper’s ability to understand concepts quickly. “All you have to do is say something once to Kellie, and she does it,” she wrote. Summitt additionally noted “people like Kellie can influence a whole team or organization.” Catchings, now a commentator for SEC Network, says she assumes one of the reasons that Summitt sought out Harper’s services in the first place was because of their similarities. “Quiet but fierce,” she says.
“When you are self-motivated, it’s gonna be very hard for anyone to stop you,” she says. “Pat Summitt said it, so I gotta make it my passion.” Tennessee Vols head coach Kellie Harper—who played at the school under Pat Summitt—says she tries to honor the program's past while looking toward the future.Horston says she feels even more explosive this fall—a scary thought for defenders she’ll go up against.
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