IX at 50: The Lady Vols Experience

Basketball Before and After Title IX: Joy Scruggs

May 10, 2022 The Center for Sport, Peace & Society Season 1 Episode 10
IX at 50: The Lady Vols Experience
Basketball Before and After Title IX: Joy Scruggs
Show Notes

This episode bridges the pre- and post-Title IX era as Dr Sarah and LaVonna welcome UT basketball’s Joy Scruggs, one of the first players to experience the game at UT on both sides of the divide. The 5’3” guard grew up in 1950s Chattanooga, an era in which society at large didn’t approve of girls playing sports with boys after a certain age. But as a Lady Vol from 1971 until 1975, including playing one season for Coach Pat Summitt, and then as a DIII coach, Scruggs’ career puts the seachange of options Title IX provided into perspective. Tune in for more in this foundational episode.