Women's Soccer
- Title:
- Head Women's Soccer Athletic Trainer
- Email:
- prentice@email.unc.edu
- Phone:
- 919-962-5174
Bill Prentice is a vital part of the Tar Heel women's soccer program and has been ever since he came to Chapel Hill in July of 1980. This fall he will begin his 26th year as the head trainer for the Tar Heel women's soccer team. Prentice has been the head trainer for 18 national championship teams and 16 ACC championship teams at UNC.
Prentice was inducted in the spring of 2004 into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame.
Prentice serves as a full professor and is coordinator of the Sports Medicine Program in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of North Carolina. He is also a clinical professor in the Division of Physical Therapy and associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedics.
Prentice is considered one of the top experts nationally in his field. He is the author of over 50 journal articles, has conducted over 120 scholarly presentations and is either the author or co-author of eight books in his fields of expertise.
Prentice graduated from the University of Delaware in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education. He earned his Master of Science degree in physical education from the University of Delaware in 1976 and he earned a Ph.D. in 1980 from the University of Virginia in sports medicine and applied physiology. Prentice also has a Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy earned from UNC in 1984.
