HALL OF FAME COACHES
BY MARGARET HIGH
PHOTOS BY JEFFREY CAMARATI
LEARNING FROM
THE BEST
AS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST HEAD COACHES IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, COLEMAN SCOTT IS LEARNING FROM CAROLINA’S GREATS
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here’s something beautiful about the way wrestling serves as a microcosm for the real world. Grit. Resilience. Strong morals. Strong will. The real world is tough and it takes staying true to who you are to come out on the other side victorious. Or at least that’s what UNC’s wrestling head coach Coleman Scott says. It’s part of a common thread among some of Carolina’s most storied coaches. Any of the six Hall of Fame coaches with offices in Chapel Hill will immediately start talking about developing their athletes into good human beings, emphasizing being moral people. The athleticism comes naturally. The values are instilled. While Scott is certainly embracing that emphasis by being in close proximity to the Hall of Famers, it’s something that he came to Carolina with. “God, family, wrestling. In that order,” Scott says. He was hired as head coach of the wrestling team at 29 years old. Now, at 32 years old, his program is beginning to show the benefits of his priorities. 34
BORN & BRED
