the other thread title was rather vauge and didnt apply

RIP Kay

1/24/2009 11:23:07 AM

Quote :

"Rest in Peace Coach Yow, it was a good fight. Cancer may have taken your body, but it never took your mind, your heart and passion, or your soul."

1/24/2009 11:27:58 AM

You will be missed coach.

1/24/2009 11:34:45 AM

Good piece on ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=3853652

Quote :

"This February, in a tradition that started in 2007, teams across the nation will again wear pink uniforms for the "Pink Zone" initiative. Formerly known as "Think Pink," the event -- which also has spurred several male coaches and even some men's college basketball teams to don pink ties, pocket squares and uniforms -- raises funds for breast cancer research. Yow always saw her life's true importance as helping others, working toward goals that could benefit everyone. She believed we are all bound together. Her wish was that no one would feel alone. It's like the Robert Frost poem "A Tuft of Flowers," in which the narrator comes to work in a field that another man had cut earlier -- and feels a kinship with him over a common purpose. He wants to send him a "message" with his thoughts even though they would never meet. "Men work together," I told him from the heart. "Whether they work together or apart." Men and women, boys and girls, people of every age -- all can participate in fighting cancer because there's so much still to be done. You can donate to the cause and help continue to fund live-saving and life-extending research. But you also can honor Yow just as profoundly by simply bringing a little more everyday kindness into your life and those of people around you. In so many ways, we can all keep working together with Kay Yow. Even though, through our tears, we accept that we must now work apart."

1/24/2009 11:37:40 AM

RIP

1/24/2009 11:40:47 AM

RIP

1/24/2009 11:51:12 AM

it is depressing to think about what a quality person that the wolfpack just lost

i cant imagine the strength it takes to fight and beat cancer once and she was on her third round

1/24/2009 12:29:07 PM

RIP

wolfpack lost a great one today

1/24/2009 12:31:53 PM

Yeah, she definitely fought a good fight. Cancer is no joke. I really hate this for the Wolfpack Nation, but she is in a much better place.


R.I.P Coach Yow YOU WILL BE MISSED! Damn damn damn!

Such an honorable person with tremendous love and dedication for the team, students, and university that possessed a lot of pride and heart.

1/24/2009 12:32:07 PM

RIP

1/24/2009 12:32:18 PM

I'm heartbroken.

1/24/2009 12:32:31 PM

North Carolina State lost its BEST today

1/24/2009 12:42:59 PM

I actually cried when I saw it on College Gameday this morning. We lost a great member of the Wolfpack family.

1/24/2009 12:44:09 PM

You will be missed Coach Kay.

1/24/2009 12:44:16 PM

Courage and Class - RIP Coach

1/24/2009 12:48:45 PM

Thanks for everything, Coach Kay.
You will be missed.

1/24/2009 1:02:03 PM

RIP

1/24/2009 1:07:38 PM

somehow I never really believed this would happen

1/24/2009 1:20:53 PM

This is fucking sad. What a great person.

1/24/2009 1:29:16 PM

seen on bottomline: Tribute to Kay Yow, ESPN Classic, 6:00PM

1/24/2009 1:50:14 PM

Quote :

"somehow I never really believed this would happen"

RIP Kay

1/24/2009 2:30:30 PM

1/24/2009 2:31:43 PM

this is very sad news

1/24/2009 3:04:04 PM

wow

1/24/2009 3:15:05 PM

Quote :

"Cancer first showed up in 1987 and took part of Yow's body. Then, in 1993, it took her mother, Lib, and her good friend, fellow NC State coach Jim Valvano. Cancer took new pals she met as she comforted fellow warriors with the disease, which returned to her in 2004 and again in 2007. Cancer took her appetite, her cherished high energy, her restful sleep, her mornings and afternoons on the golf course. It took away any thoughts of a quiet, relaxing time beyond basketball. Cancer took and took and took -- yet there was always Kay Yow with something more to give to everyone around her. "

wow

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1/24/2009 3:39:44 PM

RIP Kay

1/24/2009 3:50:25 PM

1/24/2009 3:52:05 PM

1/24/2009 4:12:36 PM

1/24/2009 4:40:20 PM

1/24/2009 4:49:17 PM

nice interview of pat summitt on espn

1/24/2009 5:01:44 PM

So terribly sad

1/24/2009 5:10:27 PM

RIP

1/24/2009 5:13:06 PM

RIP Kay_Yow

1/24/2009 5:17:19 PM

was she married?

1/24/2009 5:18:30 PM

no

1/24/2009 5:24:16 PM

R.I.P. coach

1/24/2009 5:53:35 PM

We lost such a wonderful and beautiful lady today. I have no doubt that Coach Valvano greeted her at the Pearly Gates.

RIP Coach Yow.

1/24/2009 6:55:54 PM

1/24/2009 7:58:10 PM

1/24/2009 8:08:36 PM

Article on Yow written before her passing and after her announcement about leaving the team: http://www.technicianonline.com/sports/yow_will_be_missed

Quote :

"Yow will be missed Nick Jeffreys Deputy Sports Editor Emeritus Published: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Nick Jeffreys covered the women's basketball team for four years as a student writer and deputy sports editor. The most influential person on campus is out of coaching. And unfortunately, this time it could be for good. While I have moved on after more than four years with Technician, spending time with women’s basketball coach Kay Yow is still my favorite memory of working for the newspaper. During my time with Technician, I covered every aspect of the team for more than three years. Not only that, I spent numerous hours in Yow’s office talking about basketball and items completely unrelated to basketball. She was different from any coach I’d ever talked to. She would look at me and ask how I was doing. She would invite you into her own office, and personally walk you back to her office from the lobby. Other coaches don’t do that. After covering her team for a while and becoming more intrigued with Yow and her team, I began to frequently visit the women’s basketball office and Yow. During one visit, she pulled out a photo album that contained photos of former players. She sat with me and shuffled through the photos, smiling the whole time and stumbling from memory to memory. “There are the Cowhers,” Yow said while looking at the photos of Bill, Kaye, Yow’s former player and their three daughters. Her office is littered with memories -- from pictures of her with influential figures, to Final Four trophies, to coaching awards and to pictures from when she led the United States’ Olympic team to gold in 1988. She has memories of former coach Jim Valvano everywhere. She loves to tell stories about her and three “cigar-smoking” Italians – Valvano, Bob Guzzo and Sam Esposito. During her team’s Sweet 16 run in 2007, I was lucky enough to travel with Yow and the team. I spent countless hours around the veteran coach and her team during that run. Her charm wasn’t just with the media – every player, coach and fan loved to be around Yow. Before every bus ride, Yow took the front seat and every player smiled and greeted their coach. Many players would bend over to hug the coach while others grinned, said “hey coach” and went about their business. She took on every interview with a smile during that trip, while constantly taking breaks to get water and check out her health. Her fingernails were frail and yellow. She had a nurse and a doctor with her constantly. And she needed help to stand up. But not one moment did she frown at anything that came her way. Following the 2007-08 season, nearly a year after the Fresno trip, I was in her office again for another interview. I had recently learned that my grandfather had been diagnosed with cancer. And one of the first people I thought of was Yow. I wanted to approach her and ask for encouraging words that I could send my grandfather’s way. As I sat there in her office, I brought it up. Without hesitation, Yow began to search for something to sign. From there, she pulled out one of her “I Will, Not Just I’ll Try” books. Then, she spent the next five minutes articulating a message that covered half of a page. My grandfather, who according to the doctor had a prognosis that didn’t look good and didn’t have much else for the doctors to do, is still alive and has since recovered. Yow’s message was constantly a source of inspiration to him and our family. A couple days later, during a press conference, she referenced that moment with me. She’s always been a basketball coach. But her message is much more than basketball. Her title has brought her the ability to make changes in lives all around her, even though it’s completely unrelated to basketball. Unfortunately, this could be the end of Yow’s career -- but only as a basketball coach. I do not believe she wants it to end, though. Following the 2006-07 season, when Yow missed 16 games and returned to lead her team to a Sweet 16 appearance, I was talking with her about the season. Many thought she wouldn’t return, but I had to ask the question about the future. Her response? Well, she was focused on her 2009-10 recruiting class. While she could opt to return next season, it’s beginning to look like less of an option. She has already defeated the odds of living with Stage 4 cancer for as long as she has. Wolfpack fans need to make sure that they don’t take for granted what the University has in Yow. Find a way to support Yow and everything she has done for State and for cancer patients. Even though I now live in Knoxville, Tenn. for graduate school, I continually tell everyone around me her story. And many already know Yow. But, those who haven’t heard sure don’t forget it after it’s told."

1/24/2009 10:54:30 PM

so say we all

1/24/2009 11:06:04 PM

Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever.

1/24/2009 11:53:50 PM

^i put that same quote in my blog when i wrote about it earlier today

1/24/2009 11:57:36 PM

1/25/2009 12:14:34 AM

I got choked up when I read the newsline at work today. Nobody could understand why...


RIP Coach Yow.

1/25/2009 3:20:34 AM

She was one of the most humble, giving coaches Ive ever met. When i was in Pep Band at NCSU during my undergrad years she always went out of her way to personally come over to the Pep Band and tell us thanks for helping her team stay motivated when at times there was low crowd turn-out. Even when she was not feeling well, or physically up for it she never turned down a hug, handshake, or taking time to say encouraging words to someone who needed them. She will never know the grand impression she made on me.


-You are forever loved and GREATLY missed Coach Yow!

Corey

1/25/2009 3:31:04 PM

I don't know of a time since I've been a wolfpacker (98) that we've all banned together like this.
Even in her absence, she has the power to move the entire Wolfpack Nation.

Rest In Peace Coach Yow; I know you have us all you had and then some.


My prayers go out to the girls and her assistants as they move forward like she would want them to

1/25/2009 4:18:30 PM

RIP

1/25/2009 5:48:55 PM

RIP coach

1/25/2009 6:00:22 PM