Sue Gunter, former LSU women's basketball coach

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Sue Gunter, the Basketball Hall of Fame coach who led the LSU women to 13 NCAA tournaments, died at her home Thursday at the age of 66.<br> <br> LSU said Gunter, who had suffered from emphysema, died at 8:30 a.m. in her home in Baton Rouge.<br> <br> Gunter completed her 40th and final year as a head coach with the 2003-04 season. That included 21 years at LSU. Before then, she had missed only one game in her career, for her mother&#39;s funeral.<br> <br> A smoker for more than 30 years, Gunter quit the habit in 1994. She had suffered from a variety of respiratory problems during childhood, however, and thought that might have predisposed her to emphysema.<br> <br> Gunter had 21 seasons with at least 20 victories and 708 wins overall. She was not credited for two years at Middle Tennessee, when her teams were 44-0, or her first four years at Stephen F. Austin, because official records were never turned over to the NCAA.<br> <br> Even with the six missing years, Gunter was No. 3 in wins and games coached and fourth in 20-win seasons (22). (as of 2004)<br> <br> Only 16 Division I men&#39;s basketball coaches had reached 700 career wins by the time Gunter reached it.<br> <br> In 1980, Gunter was selected as the women&#39;s basketball coach for the United States Olympic team. She guided the team to the title at the Olympic qualifying tournament before the Olympics, but did not get to compete in the games because of a United States boycott.<br> <br> Gunter was an assistant coach on the 1976 U.S. team which captured the silver medal in Montreal. She served as coach of the U.S. National Team in 1976, 1978 and 1980.<br> <br> Gunter played on the 1960-62 U.S. teams that competed against the Soviet Union.<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)