Anson Dorrance

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Anson Dorrance is a highly successful American soccer coach best known for building the University of North Carolina’s women’s program into a dynasty and pioneering the development of elite women’s soccer in the United States.

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instanceOf American citizen
association football manager
college soccer coach
human
soccer coach
almaMater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
awardReceived NSCAA Women's College Coach of the Year
Women's Sports Foundation Coach of the Year
coachingRole head coach
coAuthorOf Training Soccer Champions
collegeTeamCoachedToNCAATitles North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
countryOfBirth India
countryOfResidence United States of America
dateOfBirth 1951-04-09
employer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
endedCoachingUNCMen 1988
endedCoachingUSWNT 1994
familyName Dorrance
fieldOfWork college athletics
women's soccer development
fullName Albert Anson Dorrance IV
gender male
genreOfWork coaching philosophy
givenName Albert
Anson
hallOfFameInduction National Soccer Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 2008
headCoachOf North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
United States women's national soccer team
influenced development of women's college soccer in the United States
knownFor competitive cauldron training system
languageOfWork English
ledTeamToTitle 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
memberOf United States Soccer Federation coaching community
nationality United States of America
notableFor building UNC women's soccer into a national powerhouse
pioneering elite women's soccer development in the United States
occupation soccer coach
university teacher
placeOfBirth Mumbai
surface form: Bombay, India
playedFor North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
positionPlayed forward
residence Chapel Hill, North Carolina
sport association football
startedCoachingUNCMen 1977
startedCoachingUNCWomen 1979
startedCoachingUSWNT 1986
teamCoachedToTitle United States women's national soccer team

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