March 19, 2026, 8:31 a.m. ET
Few persons are as synonymous with girls’s faculty basketball as Pat Summitt.
And March Madness is as becoming of a time as any to debut a documentary on her.
A new movie targeted on the late coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols who turned a legend within the sport by piling up championships and provoking girls in all places is set to premier on Hulu on March 25. It will later air on Disney+ for bundle subscribers on March 29, after which on ESPN2 on April 5.
The movie, “Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story,” is executive-produced by “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts and directed by Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter. Presented with the intimacy of a biopic, Summitt’s story is advised principally in her personal voice, however supplemented with authentic interviews with Billie Jean King, Peyton Manning, Dawn Staley, Tamika Catchings and others. The movie leans on never-before-seen archival footage and pulls materials from Summitt’s private VHS tapes, voice recordings and images.
Roberts was a reporter for a TV station in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1987 when she first met Summitt. They remained buddies for many years via powerful instances, like Roberts’ most cancers battles and Summitt’s early onset Alzheimer’s analysis.
“Robin was one of my mom’s closest friends, and there is nobody my family trusts more to lead this project,” Summitt’s son Tyler said in a statement.
The film encompasses Summitt’s life and career, beginning with her upbringing on a Tennessee dairy farm, through her record-setting run at Tennessee where she turned the Lady Vols into one of the iconic programs in women’s basketball. The film also tells the story of Summitt’s public battle with Alzheimer’s.
Summitt was the coach at Tennessee from 1974 through 2012; she captured 1,098 victories. She still ranks third all-time in career wins, having since been surpassed by Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer and UConn’s Geno Auriemma. Summitt won eight national championships and 16 SEC Tournaments. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. She died in 2016 at the age of 64.
In 1984, Summitt coached the women’s national team to its first Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles. In 2028, the Summer Games will return there and one of her former players, Kara Lawson, will aim to coach the Americans to their 11th gold.
The movie is a collaboration between Trilogy Films, Tribeca Studios and Roberts’ firm, Rock’n Robin Productions, for ABC News Studios.
