Tyler Summitt out as basketball coach

He has to be stupid.


Tyler Summitt, Son Of Legendary Coach Pat Summitt, Resigns After Reportedly Impregnating A Player

Yikes. Just yikes.

WoW just WoW...sad situation.

Who could've foreseen that hiring a 23 year old male head coach for a women's college basketball team might lead to this? And he looks like McLovin.

To be fair, he did grow up and LA Tech hired him after he was married to his high school sweetheart who has a Degree in kinesiology from Tenn and PhD in Physical Therapy from Marquette, it looks like the kid did alright for himself in his personal life and his professional career but I guess for some people it's just never enough...this is why as I always say it's nice to have things going well for you but in the end without character it does not mean a thing.

A picture of the formally happy couple.

I have to wonder if his mother is of a mind, to know what happened?

Unfortunately, his father cheated on Coach Pat Summitt. Tyler is the light of her life.

The one thing I warned my daughter about, was the professors that try to sleep with students. The AD at my college, was sleeping with my best friend and she had not yet turned 18. It was 1973. Nothing changes.

Amy in AZ. said:

I have to wonder if his mother is of a mind, to know what happened?

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There is a ''forgive and forget'' punch line in here somewhere.

Feel sorry for Pat. Can't imagine much that could hurt her more that this.

He released a vague statement regarding his resignation which included a plea to respect his (and his family's) privacy during this difficult time. Hmmm. Should we delete this thread? Didn't think so. Good luck with that request, Tyler!

Tyler Summitt salary is $175,000 - Knoxville News Sentinel
www.knoxnews.com/.../tyler-summitt-salary-is-...
Knoxville News Sentinel
Aug 23, 2014 - Tyler Summitt is being paid an annual salary of $175,000 as Louisiana Tech's women's basketball coach, according to LaTechReport.com.

djcarter1966 said:

To be fair, he did grow up and LA Tech hired him after he was married to his high school sweetheart who has a Degree in kinesiology from Tenn and PhD in Physical Therapy from Marquette, it looks like the kid did alright for himself in his personal life and his professional career but I guess for some people it's just never enough...this is why as I always say it's nice to have things going well for you but in the end without character it does not mean a thing.

A picture of the formally happy couple.

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The only fact I know for certain is that he didn't earn his job the same way most of us have to.

While there is a lot of inherited wealth in this country, one of the things I've learned about many self-made successes is that they *won't* give lots of cash to their children to set them up with cozy adult lifestyles. They KNOW that trial builds character. We can say that infidelity (which he has admitted to) is a different kind of character trait than work ethic, but it's still about character.

If he and his young wife had been traveling small town to small town throughout the South, trying to find work with a baby on the way, and if he'd managed to find a place where he was able to coach junior high and high school in back-to-back seasons during the school year, while selling shoes during the off-season, things might have been different. If he'd spent years at the high school level, while his wife worked to build her practice in some small, out-of-the-way town....if they'd had to get a small, personal loan - "just this once Mom, I swear, please don't tell Dad" - from his mom to keep the electricity on....if she'd called her dad to ask for a couple cases of baby formula, because child #2 turned out to be a big eater...if they'd ever gone through any sort of real struggle TOGETHER, he probably would've had a lot less interest in stepping out on his wife.

But no. They gave a 23-year-old kid with very little experience a job paying $175,000/year - plus a country club membership - in a town where the median income is $25,000.

It's my opinion that the University did a tremendous disservice to this young man by hiring him and that a more conservative approach to their selection would have been warranted. As for Mr. Summitt, I cannot blame him for taking advantage of what he was gifted, but this does serve as a cautionary tale against giving kids too much.

When you do not earn it, you don't appreciate it nearly as much. And yes, the same goes for ANY sort of gifted entitlement.