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Sylvia Hatchell: Women need more coaching opportunities
Former UNC women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell hasn't just seen change. She's lived it.
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Former UNC women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell hasn't just seen change. She's lived it.
LINE. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN CREATE SOME OF YOUR OWN. >> THIS IS WHAT WOMEN SPORTS LOOKS LIKE NOW. WELL, 50 YEARS AGO THERE WEREN'T SCHOLARSHIPS. REAL UNIFORMS OR FACILITIES. TITLE 9 HELP CHANGE THAT IN THE LAST 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY IS TODAY. >> SO THE ACTUAL HAVEN'T JUST SEEN THE CHANGE. SHE HAS LIVED IT. COACH, UNC, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM FROM 1986 TO 2019. SHE WON A NATIONAL TITLE IN 1994. HATCHELL HAS PROPOSED A COACHING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO THE NCAA TO GIVE MORE WOMEN ENTRY LEVEL COACHING OPPORTUNITIES AND SHE STILL REMEMBERS HER FIRST COLLEGE COACHING JOB AT FRANCIS MARION BACK IN 1975. >> YOU KNOW, I USED TO GRAB THE BUS WATCHED UNIFORMS ARE SWEPT THE FLOOR IF A DAD AND I DID. BUT YOU KNOW, FURMAN AND THEY'RE ADDING COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, YOU DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW. AND AND IT WAS FUN. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE DID IT BECAUSE WE LOVED IT. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO GET THIS ONE WHEN SHE'S PLAYING COLLEGE BASKETBALL FEW YEARS BEFORE TIME 9 WAS PASSED. SHE SHARED THE UNIFORM WITH >> WELL, WE LEFT WITH THAT WAS THE WAY IT SAY, YES, YOU WANT TO SEE MORE WOMEN COACHING BECAUSE THE NUMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY GONE DOWN THE LAST FEW