Twenty-two-year-olds aren’t ordinarily hired straight out of college as head coaches for top-tier athletic programs. 'This is a dream come true,' said Matson, who finished her career as one of the most accomplished athletes in Tar Heels and ACC history.
She also garnered her third national player of the year award from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and a fifth ACC player of the year award, an unprecedented feat for any conference athlete.Now Matson will take on a different challenge in maintaining the success reached by the Tar Heels under the 65-year-old Shelton, whoin December after becoming the winningest coach in the history of college field hockey.
A 12-time ACC coach of the year and, before that, a standout player in her own right, Shelton began coaching the Tar Heels in 1981 at 23. Matson, who was born in 2000, has thus already followed in Shelton’s footsteps in one notable way. Further emulating her mentor will take decades of triumphs.
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