NC State Athletic Hall of Fame
Kay Yow
- Induction:
- 2012
Awards
- ESPY Award for Perseverance (2007)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2002)
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2000)
- John Wooden Award winner
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias Award, highest honor in women's sports (2007)
- North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (1989)
Records
- All-time winningest coach in NCState women's basketball history
- Fifth winningest coach in NCAA women's basketball history
Team Records
- Career record: 737-344; NC State record: 680-325
- Four ACC Tournament championships (1980, ` 85, `87 and `91)
- Five ACC regular-season championships (1978, ` 80, `83, ` 85 and `90)
- 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, 11 Sweet Sixteens, 1998 Final Four
- 21 20-win seasons in 34 years at NC State
- Guided United States women to gold medal at 1988 Seoul Olympics
- Also won gold medals at 1986 World University Games and FIBA World Championships
- Assistant coach for 1984 gold-medal U.S. Olympic team
General Information
- Became the first full-time women's college coach in state of North Carolina when she was hired in 1974 to be the volleyball, women's basketball and slow-pitch softball coach at NC State
- Also served as the first administrator for women's sports in ACC history. Namesake of Kay Yow Court at Reynolds Coliseum
- Respected motivational speaker, faithful Christian witness and long time ambassador for NC State and women's athletics
- Founded Kay Yow Cancer Fund, a part of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, which has raised more than $7 million for cancer research, through the annual Hoops for Hope basketball game, the Drive4Kay golf tournament and other charity fundraisers
- Born: March 14, 1942; Died, Jan. 24, 2009
ACC Tipoff Q&A
Tuesday, October 07
Zoe Brooks and Zamareya Jones on ACCN Set at ACC Tipoff
Tuesday, October 07
Coach Moore ACCN Interview at ACC Tipoff
Tuesday, October 07
S2E6 Pulse Of The Pack
Monday, October 06
