Three decades have passed since the North Carolina Tar Heels women’s basketball team won a national championship, and it hasn’t been to a Final Four since 2007. Then, in 2019, Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell resigned amid a scandal. To replace her, UNC lured Courtney Banghart away from Princeton to rebuild the program and restore its national prominence. The 2023–2024 season was the story of a team at a crossroads: Would Banghart’s ambitions fizzle? Or would the Tar Heels get a taste of their former glory?
To document the moment, Coach Banghart allowed sports reporter Mitchell Northam unfettered access to the Tar Heels for an entire season. He spent countless hours with the fifteen players, the six coaches, the staff members, and others in practices at Carmichael Arena, in the weight room, on the road, in hotel lobbies, and more. Embrace the Hard tells the story of a talented team hungry for glory and a coach determined to get them there, grappling with the ever-changing landscape of college athletics.
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Embrace the Hard
A Season with the North Carolina Tar Heels Women’s Basketball Team
- 240 pages
- English
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Print ISBN
9781469694726
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Gender StudiesTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Final Four Team Loading
- 2. The Transfer Portal Takes and Gives
- 3. The Preseason
- 4. A Clean Slate
- 5. Tigers to Tar Heels
- 6. Gulf Coast Growing Pains
- 7. Gamecocks at Carmichael
- 8. Connecticut Casino
- 9. Killer Kelly’s Charlotte Flu Game
- 10. Welcome to the ACC
- 11. Nivar at Notre Dame
- 12. Returns and Reunion
- 13. Where’s Paulina?
- 14. Salt at State
- 15. Doom at Duke
- 16. Back on Track
- 17. Football’s Impact on the Hardwood
- 18. Game Day, Bad Day, Senior Day
- 19. Greensboro
- 20. Madness
- 21. Changes
- 22. In Pursuit
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Image gallery begins on page
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