Updated March 19, 2026, 9:04 a.m. ET
Pat Summitt first met Robin Roberts in 1987 after the legendary coach received her first nationwide championship with Lady Vols basketball.
Roberts was a sports activities anchor in Nashville on the time, and from there, each of their careers took off. The two turned buddies through the years as Summitt went on to win seven extra nationwide titles and Roberts ascended to the highest of the broadcasting trade.
Now, Roberts has produced the documentary to sum up all documentaries on Summitt’s legendary life, she introduced on “Good Morning America” on March 19.
Summitt was the coach at Tennessee from 1974-2012 and received 1,098 video games.
The documentary, which is known as “Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story,” will premiere on Hulu on March 25, and the documentary will additionally air on ESPN2 on March 29 and April 5 on ESPN.
“I’m honestly grateful to Robin Roberts for making this happen,” Pat Summitt’s son Tyler instructed Knox News. “As I was growing up, Robin was like a family member, and there’s nobody better to tell my mom’s story than Robin Roberts. So I’m grateful to her for making this happen and her commitment to telling my mom’s story.”
Roberts would turned a mother-like determine for Tyler after his mother died in 2016 at age 64. Summitt was recognized with early-onset Alzheimer’s illness in 2011.
“Robin sent gifts to our house when our kids were born. Our kids call her Aunt Robin,” Tyler stated. “It’s so amazing that she’s continued to be almost a mother figure here on earth for me. I’m grateful for the relationship with her, even though mom is gone, that she’s still here, and we’re so close, and she’s just so committed to honoring my mom’s legacy.”
The documentary will be directed by award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter, who directed and produced the Amazon documentary on the WNBA referred to as “Power of the Dream” that launched in 2024. Her work has appeared on ESPN, Netflix, HBO, PBS, and Discovery.
The trailer that aired on “Good Morning America” confirmed sit-down interviews with Tyler, Summitt’s longtime assistant and successor Holly Warlick, longtime assistant Mickie DeMoss, Lady Vols legend Tamika Catchings, Tennessee soccer nice Peyton Manning and tennis legend Billie Jean King.
Cora Hall is the University of Tennessee girls’s athletics reporter for Knox News. Email: cora.corridor@knoxnews.com; X: @corahalll; Bluesky: @corahall.bsky.social. Support robust native journalism and unlock premium perks: subscribe.knoxnews.com/offers
