'Wouldn't trade it for anything': How Karen Shelton made UNC field hockey a dynasty

Posted Feb 21, 2020
Karen Shelton Stadium, home of the reigning back-to-back national champion North Carolina field hockey team, is named after the Tar Heels’ Hall of Fame head coach, who’s won 22 ACC titles and eight NCAA championships in her 39 years with the program. And this January morning, it’s Shelton herself scraping ice off the field. She has a practice to prepare for. (Daily Tar Heel)

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