Emeritus.
It sounds dignified. Scholarly. Respectful.
And if anyone deserves to live out her days as the head basketball coach emeritus of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, it’s Pat Summitt.
But with five well-chosen words Wednesday, UT athletic director Dave Hart left little doubt concerning the true meaning of the 59-year-old Summitt’s new job title.
Said Hart of Holly Warlick, the longtime Lady Vols assistant who is replacing her boss of 27 years: “This is Holly’s team now.”