Durante and Neff join the Carolina Head Coaching Family

Danna Durante, who led the University of Georgia to three Super Six appearances and is a 20-year college coaching veteran, is has been named the Tar Heels' new Gymnastics coach. She returns to coaching after spending four years recruiting top talent for executive teams for Fortune 500 companies and serving as operations director for What Drives Winning. The full story can be found here: Story

Aimee Neff, a former associate head coach at UNC, is Carolina's new Women's Golf coach. Neff spent the last three years as head coach at Florida Atlantic University, helping the Owls propel their Golfweek ranking from No. 189 in 2018-19 to No. 94 in the nation this past season. She was a four-time All-Big Ten golfer at Michigan State. The full story can be found here: Story.

Durante becomes Carolina's fourth head gymnastics coach; Derek Galvin, who coached the Tar Heels for 39 years, retired in June of 2020.

Neff becomes just the fourth head coach in Carolina women's golf history, joining Dot Gunnells (1974-93), Sally Austin (1993-2009 seasons) and Jan Mann (2009-21).

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