CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina's undefeated 2022 field hockey season will be the last for head coach Karen Shelton. After 42 seasons and an NCAA-record 10 national championships, Shelton on Wednesday met with her team to announce her pending retirement.
"I don't have the words for what it has meant to represent the University of North Carolina for the past 42 years," Shelton said. "The decision to retire is an extremely difficult one, but I feel like it's the right time, on the heels of an outstanding season. I'm so grateful for this opportunity, to John Swofford, who took a chance on hiring me, to Dick Baddour and now Bubba Cunningham and Chancellor Guskiewicz and all of the other administrators and colleagues I've had the pleasure of working with.