University of North Carolina Athletics
Most Experienced Staff In America
October 20, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Hall of Fame head coach Sylvia Hatchell, with more than 900 career victories, is in her 43rd year on the sidelines. All but two of those seasons have been as a collegiate head coach where she has amassed the second most wins in the history of the sport. Hatchell is the first and only coach to lead teams to national championships at the AIAW, NAIA and NCAA levels. Those titles - the first two coming at Francis Marion and the 1994 NCAA title at Carolina - are the crown jewels in one of the most decorated coaching careers in women's basketball history. She was chased for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
Sylvia Hatchell
Talbott Middle School 1973-74
Univ. of Tennessee J.V. 1974-75
Francis Marion 1975-86
North Carolina 1986-present
43 years
Hatchell's long-time lieutenant is Andrew Calder, who also celebrates his 30th season in Chapel Hill during the 2015-16 campaign. He has spent 39 years in basketball, and was the interim head coach two seasons ago, guiding Carolina to the Elite 8 in 2014. He has helped guide the program to the 1994 NCAA title and eight ACC titles.
Andrew Calder
McBee H.S. J.V. (Boy's) 1977-79
McBee H.S. (Girl's) 1979-82
AAU Assistant Coach 1982-83
AAU Head Coach (Boy's) 1983-85
South Carolina Vol. Asst. 1985-86
North Carolina 1986-present
39 years
Tracey Williams-Johnston provides a diverse background of experience to the Tar Heels in collegiate, professional and international basketball. In her 17th year as a UNC assistant coach, Williams-Johnson oversees the recruitment of student-athletes to the Carolina program.
Before joining the Tar Heels, Williams-Johnson spent two years as Vice President for Player Personnel and Basketball Operations for the American Basketball League, a women's professional league. Prior to that from 1993-97, she was Assistant Director of Women's Programs for USA Basketball.
Tracey Williams-Johnson
Albany (Ga.) State 1992-93
North Carolina 1999-present
19 years
Sylvia Crawley, a member of the 1994 North Carolina NCAA title team, is back with the Tar Heels for the second time as an assistant coach. Not only does she bring a wealth of knowledge as a star collegiate and professional player, Crawley was a head coach at the Division I ranks at Ohio University and Boston College, a fellow member of the ACC.
Sylvia Crawley
North Carolina 2000-02
Fordham 2005
Ohio University 2006-08
Boston College 2008-12
Indiana Fever (WNBA) 2014
North Carolina 2015-present
11 years
Billy Lee serves the program as Special Assistant to the Head Coach and Director of Video Services & Scouting. A well-respected coach with a long history in the state of North Carolina, Lee has over four decades of coaching experience. He was a head coach on the men's side for 28 years, including 18 years at Campbell where he was named conference coach of the year five times and guided the Camels to the 1992 Big South title and a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Billy Lee
New Bern H.S. 1971-76
East Carolina 1976-78
UNC Pembroke 1978-85
Campbell 1985-03
North Carolina 2011-present
42 years
Greg Law has been the Director of Operations since 2001 for the UNC women's basketball program, but before that he was a basketball coach for nine years. He spent a majority of his time in the AAU circuit, but also held assistant coaching jobs at a variety of collegiate levels, including Division I St. Francis (Pa.) back in 1999-00.
Greg Law
AAU coach 1990-98
Volunteer State C.C. 1993-95
ETSU 1996-98
St. Francis (Pa.) 1999-00
North Carolina 2001-present
Nine years
