Tyler Summitt

Ross Tyler Summitt (born September 21, 1990) is a former American college basketball coach and former player. He was the head coach for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters from 2014 to 2016.

Tyler Summitt was born September 21, 1990 to R. B. Summitt, II, and Pat Summitt, who was the head coach of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team at the time of his birth. Summitt was deeply involved in the University of Tennessee basketball program during his youth. "Before he even celebrated his first birthday, Tyler was celebrating a national championship in the arms of his mom when the Lady Vols won it in 1991. For Tennessee's six NCAA titles that occurred during his lifetime, Tyler posing with Pat was a mandatory photo op." In high school, he earned the title of Scholar-Athlete of the Year during his senior year and was given the "Spartan Award" as a point-guard at the Webb School of Knoxville. He played basketball at the University of Tennessee for two seasons, playing a total of nine minutes in six games and making his only shot attempt, a three-pointer.

Marquette University

Shortly after graduating from college in 2012, Summitt, at age 21, was hired an as assistant coach to Terri Mitchell at Marquette University overseeing the team's offense. He served for two seasons at Marquette, leaving in April 2014 to assume a head coaching position at Louisiana Tech University.

Louisiana Tech

On April 1, 2014, Louisiana Tech announced that Tyler Summitt, at age 23, had been hired as the sixth head coach in Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball history. On April 7, 2016, after an extramarital relationship with a current player was exposed, Summitt abruptly resigned from Louisiana Tech saying, "I am profoundly disappointed in myself for engaging in a relationship that has negatively affected the people I love, respect and care about the most."

Summitt married his long-time girlfriend Anne Dennis "AnDe" Ragsdale on June 1, 2013.