1. Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell was born on February 28,1952 and is a former American women's basketball coach, who last coached for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was the fifth with the most career wins in NCAA women's basketball history, behind former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, and UConn coach Geno Auriemma.
Sylvia Hatchell competed with USA Basketball as the head coach of the 1994 Jones Cup Team that won the gold in Taipei.
Sylvia Hatchell resigned as North Carolina's head coach on April 18,2019.
Sylvia Hatchell completed her master's degree the following year at the University of Tennessee.
Sylvia Hatchell realized that coaching was her calling when she was asked to coach a junior high girls' basketball team in 1974.
In 1986, Sylvia Hatchell would take the head coaching position at the University of North Carolina.
The highlight of Sylvia Hatchell's career was winning the national championship in 1994.
In 2009, Sylvia Hatchell became only the fourth coach of a women's basketball team to reach the 800-win plateau.
In 2013, Sylvia Hatchell was forced to step aside from her coaching duties when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in October.
Sylvia Hatchell was treated with aggressive chemotherapy at UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
On December 19,2017, Sylvia Hatchell became the third coach in women's basketball history to record 1,000 career wins, when the Tar Heels defeated Grambling State.
Sylvia Hatchell was the assistant coach of the team representing the USA at the World University Games held in Edmonton, Canada in July 1983.
Sylvia Hatchell was the assistant coach of the team representing the US at the World University Games held in Kobe, Japan in July 1985.
Sylvia Hatchell was named assistant coach of the USA national team which would compete at the 1986 World Championships and the 1990 Olympics.
In 1994, Hatchell served as the head coach of the 1994 R William Jones Cup Team for the competition held in Taipei, Taiwan.
In 1995 Sylvia Hatchell was the head coach, with assistants Jim Lewis, Kay James, and Clemette Haskins, of the team representing the US at the World University Games held in Fukuoka, Japan in August and September.
Sylvia Hatchell continued on as assistant coach at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, where the USA team won the gold medal.
Sylvia Hatchell served as the head coach for the USA team at the 1995 World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan, where the team won the silver medal.
On January 10,2020, Sylvia Hatchell was cited for misdemeanor death by vehicle in connection to an incident on January 6 in which an 89-year-old pedestrian was struck down by Sylvia Hatchell in a parking lot, and who died two days later.
Sylvia Hatchell is the co-author of two books on coaching basketball:.