Anson Dorrance

Soccer
Inducted: 2005
  • Born in Bombay, India
  • One of the most successful college coaches in history
  • Coached University of North Carolina women’s soccer team to 17 NCAA championships, the last in 2005
  • Played soccer at UNC and was named All-ACC three times
  • Coached men’s soccer at UNC from 1976–1988, leading the Tar Heels to the 1987 Final Four
  • Named head coach of women’s team in 1979
  • Under his watch, UNC women won 9 consecutive NCAA titles, 1986–1994