Video: An NCAA head coach by age 23? UNC field hockey legend Erin Matson explains how and why

Posted Aug 23, 2023
Erin Matson was a remarkable college player. But her story became even more remarkable when she graduated from UNC in December and was named the Tar Heels’ head field hockey coach in January. Matson will coach her first game for the Tar Heels against Michigan on Friday and discusses it all with the Charlotte Observer's Scott Fowler.

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