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#CarolinaChampions: A Culture Of Success

When Jenny Levy became North Carolina's first women's lacrosse coach in October 1994, she was initially intimidated by her colleagues.

Levy's fellow coaches included Dean Smith, Sylvia Hatchell, Anson Dorrance, Dave Klarmann and Karen Shelton, and between their five programs (men's and women's basketball, women's soccer, men's lacrosse and field hockey), they boasted 22 national championships at the time.

"It was just such a rich tradition of success that I walked in thinking, 'These guys are going to be walking around with big egos,'" Levy said. "And it was to the contrary.