»         mark, including five straight Southern
  . ·     Conference championships from
      l982—l986. ln l984, the Lady l\/locs
.       went 26-5 and were runners—up in
l ,,/ ‘ ’~ri       . _- me ixiwir.
  ~ ·“ And while her teams were reaping .
l ji U ~ glory for the school, Fanning was
, i.,‘ Q . receiving personal honors as well. She
» ` was named Southern Conference
_§_€"{~  ‘ `  Coach of the Year in l984 and l985
    ___V ‘  .  "     and was nominated for Kodak’s
s   `  .-..    6   t’‘‘ National Coach of the Year honors in
    M         l984. ln l986 she coached the North
' -   1.      2 fi  ·‘) ` . . squad in the U.S. Olympic Festival
2 . · A .       i`'i`   Having gwded me Lad}/.K3[S KO and in 1987 she was named to the
. .. T s . M, 0-    two consecutive 20—win
» ‘      .   . ·   SEQSOHS and 3 W9] NCAA staff of the USA Select team. She has
mumamem Dém mhj/Ear CONF] also served on the staff of the USA
Shawn Fannm . ' fd slunior National team thatcompeted
. . . Q IS CON I em mat he in the World Championship
"“%‘il? '['§i-i§"E§'§”pS§§§“ 5 $$-1 overall §j;;;*;§gg·¤ 1¤~mms¤t·¤ me
11 ZECESSJNSUZ xgdggagfgisgm Fanning, a native of Chattanooga,
TO BDDGZMHCE in me NCAA completed her undergraduate degree
mumamem Sing? @8586 at UTC in l975 while competing both
• Fanning UJOYEO mr msi in basketball and volleyball. She
. . . received her master's degree in l976
    fig; ;;JK}gQtS from the University of Tennessee,
appeamd in tm TOD}/25 DOH where she served as graduate
and DOSKGG 3 238 mmrd En assistant to Pat l—lead Summitt for one
. . . . . year before returning home to build a
route to winning their first National pmgram at UTC
WOm€¤'S lmvimen-l 1¤¤mm<-nt A noted speaker who is very active
Ch$;;p;gg5};;D‘SUCC€5S Wag not G35 in civic affairs, Fanning has served
. y two terms on the Vl/omen’s Basketball
for the Chattanooga, Tenn., native as COECMS ASSOOQUOR BOMG Of
she watched her first two UK teams DHQCKOB
J FANN|NG·S struggle. She took over the program `
    in     {HE l;€2lFY`| TTEETT WWE
yea.- w L pct, bottom of the SEC and little talent in _
1976-77 20 13 .606 the cupboard. During her first season.   ..
’ *97*78 *9 7 -73' her worst fears were realized as ` if
:3;;:3       injuries and personal problems saw a 9 ha, [_   Y  ·
1,8°_8, 19 9 :67., roster of i5 shrink to nine en route to   f y  
1981-82 14 17 .452 an O-9 SEC record and l4—l5 overall   1   V
1982-83 18 11 -621 mark. ln l988-89 the Lady Kats   " _. is- 
*283*84 26 5 -839 improved their SEC record to 3-6 for Qt '·   .   "
:3:;:;:   lg   an eighth—place showing in league   fg?--¢ `'tE`   3.....
198;,-gy y 20 _;;q . play and an overall record of l2—l6.  gf- . .;        ‘ .
AT UK Fanning brought to Kentucky not     » . A -- N  
w87_88 14 15 482 only an exceptional record, but also a   ·.·-     _»__ J ._
1938-89 12 ·|(, _4gg l'l3[lOfl8l T€pU[él[lOl"l BS 30 outstanding       VO  _ -
1989-90 23 8 .741 coach, recruiter and motivator. ln l l _ GJ 1,  *  *° OOO 0 u
""7°·‘71 20 *7 -689 memorable seasons at her alma Q-,O6’0O¢ .         , 0 OO 0
AT UK 69 48 .589 mater, Tennessee—Chattanooga, 000OCo     •  O OHV
TOTALS zss 177 .59; Fannings squads compiled a l89-l29 . . - O n t    • O • •  •i
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