Pat Summitt will be named player personnel consultant to the
Washington Mystics and Marianne Stanley will be introduced as the
team's head coach today, sources close to the Mystics confirmed
yesterday.

Stanley will attend today's news conference; Summitt will speak to
the media from Knoxville, Tenn.

Summitt and Stanley are two of the most successful coaches in women's
basketball. Summitt, 49, who will remain the Tennessee women's
basketball coach, has won six NCAA national championships and is tied
with Texas Coach Jody Conradt atop the career wins list with 788
victories. She was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
in October 2000.

Stanley, 47, spent 20 years in college coaching, winning three
national titles – two AIAW and one NCAA. The past two years, she has
worked as an WNBA assistant coach.

She will be inducted into the women's Basketball Hall of Fame later
this month.

Summitt, who recently agreed to a five-year contract extension
reportedly worth $550,000 a year with Tennessee, signed a one-year
contract with the Mystics. Stanley's contract terms were not
available.

As a consultant, Summitt will advise Washington on personnel matters.
Her role will be similar to that of former general manager Melissa
McFerrin, who resigned on Jan. 4.

Summitt will make the selections for the Mystics in the April 19 WNBA
draft in which Washington has two top five picks. In addition, she
will provide input to Stanley on the team's current strengths and
weaknesses.

Her duties will not include coaching.

Summitt just completed her 28th season at Tennessee. The Lady Vols
went 29-5 and reached the Final Four for the 13th time under Summitt.

Her role as the Tennessee coach does not prevent her from pursuing
employment with a professional sports organization. The NCAA removed
such restrictions in August, leaving those decisions to the
university.

Tennessee athletics director Joan Cronan has met with Summitt to
discuss her role as a consultant for the Mystics.

"I can't find any reason she couldn't do it if she meets the
standards," Cronan said. "Pat Summitt is the ultimate professional.
Tennessee will always come first. I don't worry about that."

Stanley joined the organization last season an assistant under former
Mystics coach Tom Maher, who resigned Jan. 4. When she was just 24,
she became the head coach at Old Dominion, becoming the youngest NCAA
Division I coach to take a team to the national championship.

The Lady Monarchs won two AIAW titles in Stanley's first three
seasons and an NCAA title in 1985.

In addition to Old Dominion, Stanley coached at Pennsylvania,
Southern California, Stanford and California. Her overall record is
415-224.

She also was a two-time all-American guard at Immaculata College,
winning AIAW titles her first two seasons.

After leaving college coaching, she was an assistant with the Los
Angeles Sparks before coming to the Mystics.

Last season, the Mystics tied for the WNBA's worst record (10-22)
despite having six Olympians and two all-stars on their roster.
Entering its fifth season as a WNBA franchise, the Mystics have yet
to post a winning record.

Stanley is their sixth coach. Summitt is the team's third general
manager.