Records
Note: The first season for NCAA Division I women's basketball was the 1981-82 season. Prior to that, Tennessee played women's basketball in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) in Division I.
- Most NCAA women's basketball championships (8)
- Most seasons coached in NCAA/AIAW play without a losing record (38, lost more than 9 games in a season only 6 times and more than 10 games in a season only twice)
- Most consecutive NCAA/AIAW postseason appearances (38, never missed a tournament)
- Most number 1 seeds in NCAA Division I postseason play (20)
- Most wins as an NCAA/AIAW Division I basketball head coach (1,098; in second place is Mike Krzyzewski with 927 wins)
- Most wins in NCAA postseason play (109)
- Most NCAA Final Four appearances (18, six more than John Wooden, who holds the men's records)
- Most NCAA/AIAW Championship game appearances (15)
- Most 20-win seasons in NCAA/AIAW play (36, all consecutive seasons)
- Most 30-win seasons in NCAA/AIAW play (20)
- Third all-time in winning percentage (minimum 10 seasons) (.841, bested only by Geno Auriemma (.862) and Leon Barmore (.869)
- 45 former players have become coaches.
- Every Lady Vol player who completed her eligibility at Tennessee under Summitt graduated with a degree or is in the process of doing so.
- Every Lady Vol player who completed her eligibility at Tennessee under Summitt played in at least one Elite Eight.
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