 Dorrance during the final of the 2006 Women's College Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Albert Anson Dorrance IV[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 9, 1951[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bombay, India[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1969 | Villa St. Jean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | St. Mary's Rattlers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–197? | Chapel Hill Soccer Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–197? | Chapel Hill Soccer Club (player-coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | North Carolina Tar Heels (men's assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1988 | North Carolina Tar Heels (men) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–2023 | North Carolina Tar Heels (women) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1994 | United States (women) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albert Anson Dorrance IV (born April 9, 1951) is a retired American soccer coach. He was the head coach of the women's soccer program at the University of North Carolina from 1979 to 2024. He has one of the most successful coaching records in the history of athletics. Under Dorrance's leadership, the Tar Heels have won 21 of the 41 NCAA Women's Soccer Championships. The Tar Heels' record under Dorrance stood at 809-67-36 (.887 winning percentage) over 33 seasons at the end of the 2017 season. He has led his team to a 101-game unbeaten streak and coached 13 different women to a total of 20 National Player of the Year awards.
The NCAA has recognized Dorrance as the Women's Soccer Coach of the Year seven times (1982, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006) and as the Men's Soccer Coach of the Year in 1987. On March 10, 2008, Dorrance was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.[3]
- ^ a b c Lohse, Dave (September 19, 2021). "Serendipity has marked Anson Dorrance's illustrious career". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ Price, S.L. (December 7, 1998). "Anson Dorrance, the legendary North Carolina women's soccer coach, is sure he understands what makes a female athlete tick, and he has 15 national titles to prove it. So why are two former Tar Heels suing him for sexual harassment?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Perez and Dorrance elected to Hall of Fame". Fox Sports. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2008.