Kellie Harper always knew she wanted to coach college basketball, but never thought it would be at her alma mater Tennessee.
That’s because she thought Pat Summitt would be there forever.
“For us, she’s this (human) being that is always going to be there,” Harper said. “You never thought that anyone else would coach at Tennessee. You just didn’t feel like that was an option. So it really wasn’t anything that crossed my mind as a realistic goal when I was a player.”
Harper is one of a handful of coaches attending the NCAA Tournament this year who are coaching at the school where they played. There’s a matchup of two of them in the first round on Saturday with Adia Barnes and Arizona facing Felisha Legette-Jack and Syracuse.
