Kay Yow to return to Wolfpack after cancer treatment

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Kay Yow will return to coach the North Carolina State women's basketball team after a two-month leave to treat a cancer recurrence. <br/><br/>The 64-year-old coach will rejoin

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 10:30 am

By: News On 6

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Kay Yow will return to coach the North Carolina State women's basketball team after a two-month leave to treat a cancer recurrence.

The 64-year-old coach will rejoin the team this week, Dr. Mark Graham, Yow's longtime oncologist, said Monday.

Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and left the team in November after doctors found her cancer was progressing. She started chemotherapy in combination with new therapies.

Yow is in her 32nd season as head coach. She was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 and coached the U.S. women's team to a gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Assistant Stephanie Glance has led the Wolfpack (13-7, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) as interim coach. N.C. State has lost two straight, falling to No. 1 Duke and No. 2 North Carolina this week.