Debbie Yow papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Debbie Yow papers
- Date
- 1976-1983 (inclusive)
- 1994 February 11-14 (inclusive)
- 2023 February 12
- Creator
- Yow, Deborah A.
- Extent
- .23 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Basketball for women -- Kentucky
- Parsons, Dick, 1938-
- Yow, Deborah A.
- Yow, Kay, 1942-2009
- Yow, Susan Lee, 1954-
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format and subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 2023ua008 : [identification of item], Debbie Yow papers, 1976-1983, 1994, 2023, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Deborah Ann "Debbie" Yow was born on September 1, 1950, in Gibsonville, North Carolina. She graduated with a degree in English in 1974 from Elon University, where she also played basketball. She earned a master's degree in counseling from Liberty University in 1987. Yow was hired by Sue Feamster as head coach of the University of Kentucky Lady Kats women's basketball team in 1976. Yow was at UK until 1980, then coached women's basketball at Oral Roberts University (1981-1983) and the University of Florida (1983-1985). "She took these three previously unranked teams into the top 20 national rankings" ("Debbie Yow," Wikipedia, accessed 3/2/2023). In 1985, Yow accepted a promotion and began her second career as an athletics administrator at the University of Florida and went on to the University of North Carolina-Greensboro as associate athletic director. From 1990 to 2019, Yow served as Athletic Director at Saint Louis University (1990-1994), University of Maryland (1994-2010, the first woman athletic director in any Atlantic Coast Conference school), and North Carolina State University (2010-2019). Yow received the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics James J. Corbett Memorial Award in 2019 and was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Yow was married to Lynn Nance, 1980, and is currently married to William Bowden, 1983- . Yow's two sisters Kay Yow (1942-2009) and Susan Yow (1954- ) were/are also basketball players and coaches. Kay Yow coached the North Carolina State University women's basketball team from 1975-2009.
- Sources: 1. "Debbie Yow," Wikipedia, accessed 3/2/2023. 2. "Susan Yow," Wikipedia, accessed 3/2/2023. 3. ancestry.com, accessed 3/2/2023.
- Scope and Content
- The Debbie Yow papers (dated 1976-1983, 1994, 2023, undated; 0.23 cubic feet; 1 slim document box) primarily comprise newspaper clippings, game schedules and calendars, game program and season fact book, and promotion and program flyers documenting the University of Kentucky (UK) Lady Kats women's basketball team and Debbie Yow's career as the Lady Kat head coach, 1976-1980. Also includes newspaper clippings about Yow's sisters Kay Yow and Susan Yow (also women's college basketball coaches); a congratulatory letter from Dick Parsons, UK men's basketball assistant coach from 1970-1980, dated February 14, 1994, in response to a laudatory clipping about Yow as Saint Louis University athletic director; and written recollections by Yow about her UK coaching career, dated February 12, 2023.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
UK Lady Kats vs Indiana University Hoosiers, 1976 December 6
"Lady Kats" Basketball fact book, 1978-1979
WBLG radio flyer announcing broadcast of Lady Kats basketball games, 1977 or 1978
Lady Kat basketball game calendar, sponsored by Ashland Oil and Flav-O-Rich Dairies, 1979-1980
Debbie Yow Lady Kats head basketball coach business card, undated
Lady Kats basketball pocket game schedule, 1976-1977
Lady Kats basketball pocket schedule with photograph of Debbie Yow on reverse, 1979-1980
Joe B. Hall Wildcat Basketball Clinic brochure (3rd annual), featuring Debbie Yow as a special guest, undated
Newspaper clippings primarily about the Lady Kats basketball team, 1976-1983
Newspaper clippings primarily about Debbie Yow and sisters Kay Yow and Susan Yow, 1976-1980
Letter and clipping sent to Debbie Yow from Dick Parsons, 1994 February 11-14
Debbie Yow written recollections to Ruth Bryan regarding UK coaching career and items in the collection, 2023 February 12
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