 Shortly after graduating from college in 2012, Summitt, at age 21, was hired as an assistant coach to Terri Mitchell at Marquette University overseeing the team's offense.He served for two seasons at Marquette, leaving in April 2014 to assume a head coaching position at Louisiana Tech University.On April 1, 2014, Louisiana Tech announced that Summitt, at age 23, had been hired as the sixth head coach in Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball history.