UNC reportedly to hire former Tar Heel player Megan Smith Lyon as new softball coach

Posted Jun 10, 2023
UNC will hire former Tar Heels player Megan Smith Lyon as its softball coach, according to Extra Innings Softball. Smith Lyon, a 1999 UNC graduate, has spent the last five seasons at Marshall, where her teams went 160-70. Last season, the Thundering Herd went 45-10, won the Sun Belt Conference East Division, and went on a 23-game win streak. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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