Dorrance during the final of the 2006 Women's College Cup
Personal information
Full name
Albert Anson Dorrance IV[1]
Date of birth
(1951-04-09) April 9, 1951 (age 73)[1]
Place of birth
Bombay, India[1]
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
North Carolina Tar Heels (women's head coach)
Youth career
0000–1969
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–
North Carolina Tar Heels (women)
1986–1994
United States (women)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing United States (as coach)
FIFA Women's World Cup
1991 China
Summer Universiade
1993 Buffalo
Team
CONCACAF Women's Championship
Winner
1991 Haiti
Winner
1993 United States
Winner
1994 Canada
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Albert Anson Dorrance IV (born April 9, 1951) is an American soccer coach. He is currently the head coach of the women's soccer program at the University of North Carolina. 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]
^ abcLohse, 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.
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