Anson Dorrance
Dorrance during the final of the 2006 Women's College Cup
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| Sport(s) | Soccer |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | North Carolina |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 625–28–20 (.943) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 9, 1951  Bombay, India
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| Playing career | |
| 1970–1974 | North Carolina |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979–present | North Carolina women |
| 1976–1988 | North Carolina men |
| 1986–1994 | U.S. women |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 719–39–24 (.935) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 21x NCAA Division I Tournament Championship (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012) 20x ACC Tournament Championship (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 19x ACC Regular Season Championship (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Women's World Cup (1991) |
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| Awards | |
| 8c National Coach of the Year (1982, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006) 9x ACC Coach of the Year (1982, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006) |
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Anson Dorrance (born April 9, 1951) is an American soccer coach. He is currently the head coach of the women's soccer program at the University of North Carolina. He has one of the most successful coaching records in the history of athletics. Under Dorrance's leadership, the Tar Heels have won 21 of the 31 NCAA Women's Soccer Championships. The Tar Heels' record under Dorrance is 719–39–24 (.935 winning percentage) over 33 seasons as of September 9, 2011. He has led his team to a 101-game unbeaten streak and coached 13 different women to a total of 20 National Player of the Year awards. The NCAA has recognized Dorrance as the Women's Soccer Coach of the Year seven times (1982, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006) and as the Men's Soccer Coach of the Year in 1987. On March 10, 2008 Dorrance was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Dorrance was born in Bombay, India on April 9, 1951, the son of an American oil executive. He spent his youth moving with his family throughout Europe and Africa. Of all the places he lived, three had particular influences on his later life. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia he met his future wife, M'Liss Gary, the daughter of the U.S. Air Force attache to Ethiopia. He attributes his love of soccer to his years living in Kenya and finally, he gained his education from the boarding school, Villa St. Jean International School, in Fribourg, Switzerland from which he graduated in 1969.
After graduating from Villa St. Jean, he moved to the United States and attended St Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. He transferred after the fall term to the University of North Carolina. His love of soccer led him to walk onto the school's soccer team, then coached by Marvin Allen, where he was a three time All-ACC player. In 1974 he graduated with a B.A. in English and Philosophy. That year he also married his childhood sweetheart, M'Liss Gary.
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