Anson Dorrance

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Anson Dorrance is the head coach of the women's soccer program at the University of North Carolina. He has one of the most successful coaching records in the history of athletics. The Tar Heels won 18 of the 24 national championships in the history of women's collegiate soccer, all under the leadership of Dorrance. The Lady Tar Heels soccer record under Anson is an amazing 579-26-17 in the 26-year history of the program, or a .945 winning percentage. Other indications of his remarkable success as a women's NCAA soccer coach include an 101 game unbeaten streak and coaching 13 different women to a total of 20 National Player of the Year awards.[1]