Sylvia Hatchell
Sylvia Hatchell
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| Sport(s) | Basketball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conference | ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 718–294 (.709) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 28, 1952 Gastonia, North Carolina |
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| 1974–1975 | Tennessee (JV) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1986 | Francis Marion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | U.S. Olympic Team (Asst.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–current | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 990–374 (.726) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NCAA Division I Championship (1994) 3× NCAA Division I Final Four (1994, 2006–2007)NAIA championship (1986) AIAW championship (1982) 8× ACC Tournament championship (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005–2008) 4× ACC regular season championship (1997, 2005, 2006, 2008) |
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| 2× National Coach of the Year (1994, 2006) 3× ACC Coach of the Year (1997, 2006, 2008 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2004) |
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Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2013 |
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NCAA Division I Championship (1994)
Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell (born February 28, 1952) is the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently has the fourth most career wins in NCAA women's basketball history, behind former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, and UConn coach Geno Auriemma. She competed with USA Basketball as the head coach of the 1994 Jones Cup Team that won the gold in Taipei.
Hatchell graduated from Carson–Newman College with a BS degree in physical education in 1974. She completed her master's degree the following year at the University of Tennessee.
Hatchell realized that coaching was her calling when she was asked to coach a junior high girls' basketball team in 1974. She followed that with a brief stint as the junior varsity basketball coach at the University of Tennessee, then moved on to become the coach at Francis Marion College, where she would remain for the next eleven years, compiling a 272–80 record.
In 1986, Hatchell would take the head coaching position at the University of North Carolina. Under Hatchell's leadership the Tar Heels would become one of the nation's top basketball teams and becoming a mainstay in the NCAA Tournament.
The highlight of Hatchell's career was winning the national championship in 1994. The title game against Louisiana Tech was one of the more exciting finishes in tournament history. Louisiana Tech had scored with 14 seconds to go in the game, giving them a two-point lead 59–57. UNC's Tonya Sampson attempted a shot with four seconds to go in the game that would tie the game, but it did not go in. The Tar Heels rebounded the ball and called a time out, with only 0.7 seconds left in the game. Stephanie Lawrence passed the ball inbounds to Charlotte Smith, who hit a 20-foot jump shot for three points to win the game and the national championship at the buzzer.
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