Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | North Carolina |
Conference | ACC |
Record | 30–20 (.600) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Walkertown, North Carolina |
Alma mater | North Carolina |
Playing career | |
1996–1999 | North Carolina |
Position(s) | Third baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2002 | Young Harris |
2003 | Charlotte (asst.) |
2004 | North Carolina (asst.) |
2005–2006 | Western Carolina |
2007–2009 | LSU (asst.) |
2010–2018 | Kansas |
2019–2023 | Marshall |
2024–Present | North Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 622–362 (.632) |
Tournaments | NCAA: 3–4 (.429) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
SoCon Regular Season Champions (2006) | |
Awards | |
SoCon Coach of the Year (2006) | |
Megan Smith Lyon is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at North Carolina. [1]
On July 27, 2004, Megan Smith was hired as the first coach of the Western Carolina softball program, which would begin play in 2006. [2] On October 2, 2006, Megan Smith resigned as head coach of Western Carolina after the inaugural season for the Catamounts. [3]
On June 24, 2009, Smith was announced as the new head coach of the Kansas softball program. [4] On July 25, 2019, Smith announced that she was leaving the program to be the head coach at Marshall. [5]
On July 25, 2018, Smith was announced as the new head coach of the Marshall softball program. [6] [7]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Young Harris Mountain Lions (Peach Belt Conference)(2001–2002) | |||||||||
2001 | Young Harris | 34–25 | NJCAA Regional Runner-up | ||||||
2002 | Young Harris | 45–16 | NJCAA Regional Runner-up | ||||||
Young Harris: | 79–41 (.658) | ||||||||
Western Carolina (Southern Conference)(2006) | |||||||||
2006 | Western Carolina | 41–20 | 16–4 | 1st | |||||
Western Carolina: | 41–20 (.672) | 16–4 (.800) | |||||||
Kansas Jayhawks (Big 12 Conference)(2010–2018) | |||||||||
2010 | Kansas | 21–35 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
2011 | Kansas | 31–22 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
2012 | Kansas | 31–20 | 6–17 | 8th | |||||
2013 | Kansas | 34–16 | 9–8 | 4th | |||||
2014 | Kansas | 34–23 | 7–11 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
2015 | Kansas | 40–15 | 8–10 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
2016 | Kansas | 31–20 | 8–9 | 4th | |||||
2017 | Kansas | 24–28 | 3–14 | 7th | |||||
2018 | Kansas | 27–25 | 2–16 | 7th | |||||
Kansas: | 273–204 (.572) | 47–117 (.287) | |||||||
Marshall Thundering Herd (Conference USA)(2019–Present) | |||||||||
2019 | Marshall | 42–22 | 17–7 | 2nd (East) | NISC Regional Finals | ||||
2020 | Marshall | 18–7 | Season canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic | ||||||
2021 | Marshall | 20–13 | 8–8 | 4th (East) | |||||
2022 | Marshall | 35–18 | 15–9 | 2nd (East) | |||||
Marshall Thundering Herd (Sun Belt Conference)(2023) | |||||||||
2023 | Marshall | 45–10 | 17–5 | 3rd, (1st East) | |||||
Marshall: | 160–70 (.696) | 70–32 (.686) | |||||||
North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
2024 | North Carolina | 30–20 | 10–14 | 7th | |||||
North Carolina: | 30–20 (.600) | 10–14 (.417) | |||||||
Total: | 622–362 (.632) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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