by Associated Press
Published: Sat, January 24, 2009 - 2:44 pm CST
Last Updated: Sat, January 24, 2009 - 2:49 pm CST
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Hall of Famer and longtime North CarolinaState women's basketball coach Kay Yow has died after a
decades-long fight against breast cancer. She was 66.
The university announced that Yow died this morning. She had
been in the hospital since last week. Yow was first diagnosed with
the disease in 1987.
Yow won more than 700 games in a career filled with milestones.
She coached the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in 1988, won four
Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championships, earned 20 NCAA
tournament bids and reached the Final Four in 1998.
But for many fans, Yow was best defined by her unwavering
resolve while fighting cancer. She raised awareness and money for
research, and stayed with her team through much of the debilitating
effects of the disease.
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