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Karen Shelton

Karen Shelton coached field hockey at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill for 42 seasons, from 1981 until she announced her retirement in December 2022, winning 745 games and a record 10 NCAA championships. The Tar Heels moved into Karen Shelton Stadium, named for her, before the 2018 season.

Source: University of North Carolina Athletics: Karen Shelton, Field Hockey Coach

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  1. Karen Shelton becomes head coach of UNC field hockey Shelton took over the Tar Heel program in 1981, after finishing at West Chester State in 1979 and spending a year as an assistant coach at Franklin and Marshall. She coached at Chapel Hill for 42 seasons and had 40 winning ones.Search the index · University of North Carolina Athletics: Karen Shelton, Field Hockey Coach
  2. UNC field hockey wins the 1989 NCAA national championship UNC won the 1989 NCAA field hockey title against Old Dominion. People: Karen SheltonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  3. UNC field hockey wins the 1995 NCAA national championship UNC won the 1995 NCAA field hockey title against Maryland. People: Karen SheltonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  4. UNC field hockey wins the 1996 NCAA national championship UNC won the 1996 NCAA field hockey title against Princeton. People: Karen SheltonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  5. UNC field hockey wins the 1997 NCAA national championship UNC won the 1997 NCAA field hockey title against Old Dominion. People: Karen SheltonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  6. UNC field hockey wins the 2007 NCAA national championship UNC won the 2007 NCAA field hockey title against Penn State. People: Karen SheltonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  7. UNC field hockey wins the 2009 NCAA national championship UNC won the 2009 NCAA field hockey title against Maryland. People: Karen SheltonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  8. Karen Shelton receives UNC's C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award The university gave Shelton its C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award for her long service to Carolina. She had been inducted into the campus honor society the Order of the Golden Fleece in March 2002.Search the index · University of North Carolina Athletics: Karen Shelton, Field Hockey Coach
  9. UNC names its new field hockey stadium for Karen Shelton The university announced that its field hockey facility would be called Karen Shelton Stadium, the first UNC playing field named in honor of a woman. The team had moved in at the start of preseason that August, and the stadium holds about 1,000 spectators. People: Carol L. FoltSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Carolina's field hockey facility will be named for Karen Shelton
  10. UNC field hockey wins the 2018 NCAA national championship UNC won the 2018 NCAA field hockey title. People: Karen Shelton, Erin MatsonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  11. UNC field hockey wins the 2019 NCAA national championship UNC won the 2019 NCAA field hockey title. People: Karen Shelton, Erin MatsonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  12. UNC field hockey wins the 2020 NCAA national championship UNC won the 2020 NCAA field hockey title. The postponed 2020 championship was played in spring 2021. People: Karen Shelton, Erin MatsonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
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  1. UNC field hockey wins the 2022 NCAA national championship UNC won the 2022 NCAA field hockey title. People: Karen Shelton, Erin MatsonSearch the index · NCAA championship history: Division I field hockey
  2. Karen Shelton announces her retirement as UNC field hockey coach Shelton retired after 42 seasons with a record of 745 wins, 172 losses and 9 ties and 10 NCAA championships, the last won by an unbeaten 2022 team. She is the winningest coach in the sport's history. People: Bubba CunninghamSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Karen Shelton announces retirement after 42 seasons
  3. Erin Matson succeeds Karen Shelton as UNC field hockey coach UNC named Matson, who had graduated a month earlier after playing on four championship teams, the fifth head coach in program history and only the second since the early 1980s. People: Bubba Cunningham, Erin MatsonSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Erin Matson named field hockey head coach

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