Sylvia Hatchell
American basketball coach (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell (born February 28, 1952) is a former American women's basketball coach, who last coached for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and was the fifth with the 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.[1][2] Hatchell was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Born | (1952-02-28) February 28, 1952 (age 72) Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Carson–Newman Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Tennessee (JV) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1986 | Francis Marion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | USA Olympic team (asst.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–2019 | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall | 1023–405 (.716) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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On April 2, 2019, Hatchell and three assistants were placed on administrative leave following accusations of racially insensitive remarks and forcing players to play while injured.[3][4] She resigned as North Carolina's head coach on April 18, 2019.[5]