University of North Carolina Athletics
Hatchell Earns Victory No. 950
January 13, 2015 | Women's Basketball
The active leader in victories among all collegiate women's basketball coaches, Hatchell remains second all-time in victories to friend and former Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt, who amassed 1,098 wins with the Lady Vols.
7 programs have more wins than @UNCWBBCoach 949: Tenn, La Tech,JMU,ODU,SFAustin,Tx, Stan. Watchin Coach K countdown to 1000 had me thinkin!
— Debbie Antonelli (@debbieantonelli) January 11, 2015
The Tar Heels (15-2, 2-1 ACC) have already defeated the only other two active women's basketball coaches with 900 wins this season - C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers and Tara VanDerveer of Stanford.
Hatchell, in her 29th season at Carolina and 40th overall, is the only coach in history to lead teams to a national championship at the AIAW, NAIA and NCAA levels. Those titles - the first two coming at Francis Marion and the latter in 1994 with the Tar Heels - are the crown jewels in one of the most decorated coaching careers in women's basketball history.
The Sylvia Hatchell Radio Show is Live tonight at 7 p.m. from Tyler's Taproom in Carrboro, and streamed on Chapelboro.com.
No. 12 UNC hosts seventh-ranked Notre Dame on Thursday at 7 p.m.
