Heather O'Reilly's professional soccer career is coming to an end this fall, but she has already set herself up with her next move.
On Thursday, North Carolina women's soccer head coach Anson Dorrance announced O'Reilly would be joining the staff as a volunteer assistant head coach for the 2019 season.
"Heather O'Reilly checks every box for us in an extraordinary way," Dorrance said in a statement. "First of all she is a Tar Heel legend; secondly she is U.S. full National and Olympic Team royalty; and then her professional team resume is also lights out and even her academic resume is in the top one percent.