Kay Yow

Kay Yow, the women's basketball coach at NC State, passed away early this morning. Coach Yow had been battling breast cancer since 1987. She fought a long, courageous battle against cancer. Not only was she a dedicated and wonderful coach, she was also a caring and compassionate woman. Her passing will be greatly felt within the NC State community and the country.

In her 37 years as a head coach at the college level, she has led her teams to a combined record of 729-337 and is one of only six Division I head women's basketball mentors to achieve 700 career victories. Yow has guided her squads to 20 of the 27 NCAA Tournaments, 11 trips to the Sweet 16, and a trip to the Elite Eight and Final Four in 1998. She has also collected five Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championships, four ACC Tournament titles, amassed 21, 20-win seasons and a staggering 29 winning seasons. Her career victory total is the fourth most among active coaches in NCAA Division I and in 2003-04, won her 650th game to become the first ACC women’s basketball coach to eclipse that special milestone. Coach Yow also led the 1984 Olympic team to gold.

Coach Yow was a wonderful woman and she will greatly be missed.