University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Holly WarlickKNOXVILLE — The pressure of replacing a basketball coaching legend facing Holly Warlick already is significant, yet it won’t begin to ratchet through the roof for another few months.
For now, at least, Tennessee’s new women’s basketball coach is relaxing a little bit more.
Sunday marked the start of the Lady Volunteers’ annual series of basketball camps, and unlike in previous years as Pat Summitt’s assistant, Warlick includes a different perspective of camp in her new role as her mentor’s replacement.
“I haven’t had to be at a lot of different places and really run the camp,” she said Monday, her 54th birthday. “I’ve been able to sit back and walk around and meet parents, which I always love to do, and go just literally sit down and watch kids play. Usually I’m trying to put out fires, or I’m getting the schedule and tweaking the schedule a little bit.
“It’s been fun for me. I get to watch basketball, which I love, and visit with parents and see where they’re from and thank them for bringing their daughter to camp.”