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CHAPEL HILL --- The University of North Carolina has agreed in principle on three-year contracts with five head coaches – Joe Breschi (men’s lacrosse), Anson Dorrance (women’s soccer), Sam Paul (men’s tennis), Karen Shelton (field hockey) and Carlos Somoano (men’s soccer) – and is extending the contracts of women’s basketball head coach Sylvia Hatchell and women’s lacrosse head coach Jenny Levy.
These are the first multi-year contracts for Breschi, Dorrance, Shelton, Somoano and Paul, agreements which run through the 2018-19 seasons. Hatchell’s extension is for two years through 2019-20. Levy’s is a one-year extension through 2018-19.
“This is a remarkable group of head coaches – each of them has won a national championship and they have a combined 168 years directing their programs at Carolina,” says Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham. “We are excited and proud to sign these seven championship coaches to these multi-year contracts and extensions.
“We are fortunate to have such quality people directing our programs. They have provided consistent and outstanding leadership for many years, and that leadership has paid off successfully in competition, in the classroom and in their development of the young women and men they coach.”
The seven coaches have combined for 34 national championships at UNC. Five of the seven have been head coaches at Carolina for 20-plus seasons, including 40 years for Dorrance, 36 for Shelton, 31 for Hatchell, 24 for Paul and 22 for Levy.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has approved the terms of the contracts.
Joe Breschi is in his ninth season as the men’s lacrosse coach at his alma mater. Last year, the Tar Heels defeated top-ranked Maryland in overtime to win the NCAA championship, Carolina’s first since 1991. Carolina was unseeded entering the NCAA Tournament and knocked off four of the top seven seeds to win the title. Breschi played and was an assistant coach at Carolina, and was the head coach at Ohio State from 1998-2008. In 2013, Carolina won its first ACC Tournament championship in 17 years. He has led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Tournament in each of his eight seasons as the head coach.
Anson Dorrance is in his 38th season as head coach of UNC’s women’s soccer team and 40th year as a Tar Heel head coach. His teams have won 22 national championships, 21 regular-season ACC titles and 20 ACC Tournament championships. His teams are 121-11-3 in NCAA Tournament games. A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Dorrance also led the United States Women’s National Team to its first World Cup title in 1991. UNC women’s soccer was recently named one of the top 30 dynasties in sports history, one of only four collegiate teams to make the list. Dorrance has led UNC to 103- and 101-game unbeaten streaks and won nine consecutive NCAA titles from 1986-1994. He’s coached 19 national players of the year. Six of his former players helped Team USA win the 2015 World Cup and Mia Hamm was named the Greatest Female Athlete of the ACC’s first 50 years.
Sylvia Hatchell is in her 42nd season as a college head coach and 31st as head women’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina. She is a 2013 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and a 2004 inductee in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Carolina won the NCAA championship in 1994 and won AIAW and NAIA national titles at Francis Marion. Hatchell has led UNC to a 703-278 record and has 975 career victories. She is third all-time in wins and is one of two coaches with 700 or more ACC wins. Hatchell has won national coach of the year honors three times. UNC has won eight ACC titles, 30 or more games six times and 20 or more games 21 times during her tenure. She sat out the 2013-14 due to leukemia, but returned to the sidelines the following season.
Jenny Levy was UNC’s first women’s lacrosse head coach and is in her 22nd season directing the Tar Heel program. Last May, Levy led UNC to its second NCAA title in four years, defeating Maryland 13-7 in the finals. She is the fourth-winningest coach in the sport’s history. Carolina has played in 18 NCAA Tournaments and reached the final four nine times. Levy’s teams have a 295-106 record, including a school-record 20 wins last year, and won two ACC titles. A two-time national coach of the year and four-time ACC Coach of the Year, Levy also won a national championship as a player, at Virginia in 1992.
Sam Paul is in his 24th season as UNC’s men’s tennis head coach. Last year, the Tar Heels reached the No. 1 ranking in the country for the first time in the program’s history, won their first national title – the ITA National Team Indoor Championship – and won a school-record 28 matches. Paul has led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Elite Eight three consecutive years. The winningest active coach in the ACC, Paul has directed the Tar Heels to 415 wins. He is second all-time in ACC wins with 152, just 14 shy of the all-time record. A six-time ACC Coach of the Year, Paul has led UNC to four ACC regular-season titles and three Tournament championships.
Karen Shelton is in her 36th season as UNC’s field hockey head coach and is a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and the North Carolina Sports Halls of Fame. Shelton has led UNC to six NCAA championships, 19 ACC championships, is a five-time national coach of the year and nine-time ACC Coach of the Year. Her teams have played in 20 final fours and 16 national championship games. She has led Carolina to a 608-153-9 record and is the second-
winningest coach in college field hockey history. Every U.S. National Team since 1989 has included one of her former players, and five Tar Heels played in the 2016 Olympics.
Carlos Somoano is in his sixth year as head coach of the men’s soccer team and his 15th year at Carolina. He led the Tar Heels to the 2011 NCAA championship in his first season as the head coach. He won National and ACC Coach of the Year honors that season and has led UNC to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first five seasons. The Tar Heels are 82-20-17 in his six seasons making him the winningest active coach by percentage (.761) in the country. He coached Scott Goodwin, the Academic All-America of the Year for men’s soccer in 2012, and Jonathan Campbell, just the 18th Tar Heel to earn first-team All-America and first-team Academic All-America honors, from 2012-15.
CHAPEL HILL --- The University of North Carolina has agreed in principle on three-year contracts with five head coaches – Joe Breschi (men’s lacrosse), Anson Dorrance (women’s soccer), Sam Paul (men’s tennis), Karen Shelton (field hockey) and Carlos Somoano (men’s soccer) – and is extending the contracts of women’s basketball head coach Sylvia Hatchell and women’s lacrosse head coach Jenny Levy.
These are the first multi-year contracts for Breschi, Dorrance, Shelton, Somoano and Paul, agreements which run through the 2018-19 seasons. Hatchell’s extension is for two years through 2019-20. Levy’s is a one-year extension through 2018-19.
“This is a remarkable group of head coaches – each of them has won a national championship and they have a combined 168 years directing their programs at Carolina,” says Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham. “We are excited and proud to sign these seven championship coaches to these multi-year contracts and extensions.
“We are fortunate to have such quality people directing our programs. They have provided consistent and outstanding leadership for many years, and that leadership has paid off successfully in competition, in the classroom and in their development of the young women and men they coach.”
The seven coaches have combined for 34 national championships at UNC. Five of the seven have been head coaches at Carolina for 20-plus seasons, including 40 years for Dorrance, 36 for Shelton, 31 for Hatchell, 24 for Paul and 22 for Levy.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has approved the terms of the contracts.
Joe Breschi is in his ninth season as the men’s lacrosse coach at his alma mater. Last year, the Tar Heels defeated top-ranked Maryland in overtime to win the NCAA championship, Carolina’s first since 1991. Carolina was unseeded entering the NCAA Tournament and knocked off four of the top seven seeds to win the title. Breschi played and was an assistant coach at Carolina, and was the head coach at Ohio State from 1998-2008. In 2013, Carolina won its first ACC Tournament championship in 17 years. He has led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Tournament in each of his eight seasons as the head coach.
Anson Dorrance is in his 38th season as head coach of UNC’s women’s soccer team and 40th year as a Tar Heel head coach. His teams have won 22 national championships, 21 regular-season ACC titles and 20 ACC Tournament championships. His teams are 121-11-3 in NCAA Tournament games. A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Dorrance also led the United States Women’s National Team to its first World Cup title in 1991. UNC women’s soccer was recently named one of the top 30 dynasties in sports history, one of only four collegiate teams to make the list. Dorrance has led UNC to 103- and 101-game unbeaten streaks and won nine consecutive NCAA titles from 1986-1994. He’s coached 19 national players of the year. Six of his former players helped Team USA win the 2015 World Cup and Mia Hamm was named the Greatest Female Athlete of the ACC’s first 50 years.
Sylvia Hatchell is in her 42nd season as a college head coach and 31st as head women’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina. She is a 2013 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and a 2004 inductee in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Carolina won the NCAA championship in 1994 and won AIAW and NAIA national titles at Francis Marion. Hatchell has led UNC to a 703-278 record and has 975 career victories. She is third all-time in wins and is one of two coaches with 700 or more ACC wins. Hatchell has won national coach of the year honors three times. UNC has won eight ACC titles, 30 or more games six times and 20 or more games 21 times during her tenure. She sat out the 2013-14 due to leukemia, but returned to the sidelines the following season.
Jenny Levy was UNC’s first women’s lacrosse head coach and is in her 22nd season directing the Tar Heel program. Last May, Levy led UNC to its second NCAA title in four years, defeating Maryland 13-7 in the finals. She is the fourth-winningest coach in the sport’s history. Carolina has played in 18 NCAA Tournaments and reached the final four nine times. Levy’s teams have a 295-106 record, including a school-record 20 wins last year, and won two ACC titles. A two-time national coach of the year and four-time ACC Coach of the Year, Levy also won a national championship as a player, at Virginia in 1992.
Sam Paul is in his 24th season as UNC’s men’s tennis head coach. Last year, the Tar Heels reached the No. 1 ranking in the country for the first time in the program’s history, won their first national title – the ITA National Team Indoor Championship – and won a school-record 28 matches. Paul has led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Elite Eight three consecutive years. The winningest active coach in the ACC, Paul has directed the Tar Heels to 415 wins. He is second all-time in ACC wins with 152, just 14 shy of the all-time record. A six-time ACC Coach of the Year, Paul has led UNC to four ACC regular-season titles and three Tournament championships.
Karen Shelton is in her 36th season as UNC’s field hockey head coach and is a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and the North Carolina Sports Halls of Fame. Shelton has led UNC to six NCAA championships, 19 ACC championships, is a five-time national coach of the year and nine-time ACC Coach of the Year. Her teams have played in 20 final fours and 16 national championship games. She has led Carolina to a 608-153-9 record and is the second-
winningest coach in college field hockey history. Every U.S. National Team since 1989 has included one of her former players, and five Tar Heels played in the 2016 Olympics.
Carlos Somoano is in his sixth year as head coach of the men’s soccer team and his 15th year at Carolina. He led the Tar Heels to the 2011 NCAA championship in his first season as the head coach. He won National and ACC Coach of the Year honors that season and has led UNC to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first five seasons. The Tar Heels are 82-20-17 in his six seasons making him the winningest active coach by percentage (.761) in the country. He coached Scott Goodwin, the Academic All-America of the Year for men’s soccer in 2012, and Jonathan Campbell, just the 18th Tar Heel to earn first-team All-America and first-team Academic All-America honors, from 2012-15.
