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Sylvia Hatchell

Sylvia Hatchell coached the University of North Carolina women's basketball team for 33 seasons, from 1986 to 2019, winning 751 games and the 1994 NCAA championship. She resigned in April 2019 after an outside review of the program reported racially insensitive remarks and concerns about her influence over players' injury decisions.

Source: WUNC: UNC's Hatchell Resigns After Findings From Program Review

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By Sylvia Hatchell

Sylvia Hatchell's championship offensive plays

Hatchell, Sylvia · 1998 · Musten Communications

Offensive plays taught by Sylvia Hatchell for her women's basketball team, filmed in 1998 in Carmichael Auditorium at Chapel Hill and released by Musten Communications of Raleigh in the same Championship series. Basketball offense, coaching and training, and women's basketball in the town are covered. A companion to her recording on out of bounds plays.

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Sylvia Hatchell's championship out of bounds plays

Hatchell, Sylvia · 1998 · Musten Communications

Sylvia Hatchell, who coached women's basketball at the University of North Carolina, demonstrates out of bounds plays in this 1998 instructional recording, filmed in Carmichael Auditorium at Chapel Hill. Musten Communications of Raleigh issued it as part of a Championship series. Basketball coaching and training and women's basketball in Chapel Hill are what it covers.

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About Sylvia Hatchell

Sylvia Hatchell : the life and basketball legacy

Herrin, Roberta T. · 2021 · McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Roberta T. Herrin's biography of Sylvia Hatchell, the women's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina who was elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame. It begins with a girlhood in which she was barred from Little League baseball and high school basketball, follows her discovery of coaching in college, and traces her career through the Chapel Hill years. Published 2021 by McFarland of Jefferson, N.C., 247 pages with illustrations.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Hatchell, Sylvia.

Hatchell, Sylvia: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

Sylvia Hatchell, head coach of the University of North Carolina women's basketball team, in an undated headshot. Part of the UNC Athletics binder in the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection (CHHS.002).

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  1. Sylvia Hatchell becomes head coach of UNC women's basketball Hatchell came to Chapel Hill in 1986 from Francis Marion to coach the Tar Heel women. She held the job for 33 seasons and won 751 games there.Search the index · ESPN: UNC coach Hatchell resigns after program review
  2. UNC women’s basketball wins the 1994 NCAA national championship Charlotte Smith’s last-second three-pointer gave UNC a 60–59 victory over Louisiana Tech. People: Sylvia HatchellSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I women’s basketball
  3. Sylvia Hatchell resigns after an outside review of the women's basketball program UNC put Hatchell on paid leave on April 1, 2019, while a Charlotte law firm reviewed the program after players raised concerns. The review reported racially insensitive remarks, pressure on players over injuries and a breakdown between coach and players, and she resigned that month. People: Bubba CunninghamSearch the index · WUNC: UNC's Hatchell Resigns After Findings From Program Review

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