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Summitt first female coach to earn $1 million.(NEWSWATCH)

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The University of Tennessee's Pat Summitt is the first women's basketball coach to break seven figures. Summitt will make $1.125 million next season and average $1.3 million per season for the rest of her six-year contract extension.

"It's certainly a milestone in my career," noted Summitt, who leads women's and men's Division I basketball coaches with 913 career wins. It is also a big leap from the $250 monthly stipend she received 32 years ago when starting her UT coaching career as a grad student.

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