MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Mary Lou Johns, one of the pioneers in women's college basketball and the all-time winningest head coach in University of Memphis women's basketball history, has been named a 2021 Inductee of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
Johns had a 368-215 (.631) record in 19 seasons at the University of Memphis from 1972-91 and is the fifth all-time winningest NCAA Div. I head coach in the State of Tennessee women's basketball history, trailing only Tennessee's Pat Summitt (1,098), Belmont's Tony Cross (544), Tennessee Tech's Bill Worrell (408) and Jim Foster (376), who coached at Vanderbilt and Chattanooga.