Megan Smith Lyon
@coachmegsmith
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North Carolina Tar Heels Head Softball Coach 🩵🐏
Joined August 2009
Heading to Colorado to find future Tar Heels! 🩵🐏
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It’s about that time…who wants to wear the BEST blue? 🩵🐏
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We are Tar Heels. We will love this place, this sport and each other. We will play with passion, fight, and grit. Get ready for the new era of Carolina Softball! 🩵🐏
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Come to Carolina—be heard, loved, respected and win Championships! 🩵🐏.
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This place…these people…amazing things ahead for the Tar Heels! 🩵🐏
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Just finished our first few days of practices and I’m so excited about this special group! #notlikeus🩵
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Get ready for a ton of home runs and high fives! Our offense is going to be dangerous with this guy as it’s leader! 🩵🐏.
"I'm so excited to be a part of the Tar Heel family.". Help us in welcoming assistant coach Corey Lyon to Chapel Hill and the Carolina softball family! 🐏. 🔗: #GoHeels | @c_lyon22
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On our way to the Lone Star State to find future Tar Heels! 🩵🐏
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Excited to be in Florida looking for future Tar Heels! 🩵🐏
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Ended our Colorado trip at Red Rocks with the Avett Brothers!
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The Tar Heels dominated the first day of team practice! I’m so excited to see this team grow this fall! #1team1fight 🩵🐏
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First team meeting is complete. Hopefully the team is as fired up as I am to get to work! 🩵🐏
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Thank you to The Herd’s incredible players, support staff, administration, and supporters. Marshall is a special place and I was honored to serve the players for 5 seasons! They are amazing people and they will continue to do great things!.
Coach Megan Smith Lyon - Thank you for taking our team to new heights through passion, determination and grit for the past five seasons. We wish you all the very best at your alma mater. #WeAreMarshall. 🔗:
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HUGE start to the ‘25 class! Tar Heel Born, Tar Heel Bred staying home. Can’t wait to have her power and speed in Chapel Hill! 🩵🐏
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So excited for Morgan and the team. She loves Marshall and will be a strong leader for the young women she coaches! 💚.
𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞!. Introducing the 5th Head Coach of the Thundering Herd: 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐥𝐞. 🔗: #WeAreMarshall // @mzerkleee
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Happy Birthday to my favorite teammate. I love you Corey! 🩵
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There is nothing like being a Tar Heel! 🩵🐏.
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This ONE is BIG! Big bat, big speed, and big impact coming from the Sunshine State to the Southern Part of Heaven! This ‘26 class is going to do some damage in Chapel Hill! 🩵🐏
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I am so blessed to be living my dream with the people I love. 🩵🐏
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This one just hits different…Let’s do this Tar Heels! 🩵🐏
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The Heels are heading to Indiana! Can’t wait to watch some future Tar Heels! 🩵🐏
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Happy Birthday to the man who brings so much love and laughter to my life every day! I love you Corey! 🩵
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Bringing the BEST blue to the Windy City! Can’t wait to see future Tar Heels! 🩵🐏
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I am and always have been a Tar Heel! 🩵🐏.
Tar Heel born and bred. 💙🐏. Not only did head coach @coachmegsmith play for the Tar Heels, she was an assistant in 2004!. #GoHeels
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Virginia is for…Tar Heels! Class of ‘25 keeps getting better! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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The Tar Heels got better today! Maddie is one of the most loyal, hardworking and competitive coaches I know. Our pitchers and catchers will love working with her! 🩵🐏.
Tar Heel nation, help us in welcoming our new pitching coach Maddie Holub to Chapel Hill and Carolina softball!. 🔗: #GoHeels
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So excited to welcome my Tar Heel softball family back to Chapel Hill to celebrate Coach Papa! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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Not sure today could have gone any better. Never been more proud to be a Tar Heel! 🩵🐏
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Today is the beginning of anything that we want!! Can’t wait to see what these amazing people accomplish this year! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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Happy Birthday to Coop’s best bud, my biggest fan, and a true Tar Heel! I love you Dad! 🩵
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Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite teammate! I love you Corey! 🩵
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The Tar Heels have arrived in Louisville! Thank you to @CoachBrugg and the @NFCAorg for bringing us all together to share our love of the game. 🩵🐏
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Happy Birthday to my favorite Tar Heel. My love for this place and my passion for serving others is a direct reflection of who my father is. He is the BEST person I know! I love you so much Dad! 🩵🐏
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The best in NC belong in Carolina Blue…so excited to keep this one home! 🩵🐏
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Thanks to @AlabamaSB for coming to Huntington and helping us pack The Dot! So proud to be a part of such an amazing day for softball and for women’s sports!.
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First game day in the best place with the best people! 🩵🐏
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Maybe not a football win…but a win in every other way. I cannot put into words how much I love this place and how grateful I am to be living my dream. 🩵🐏
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We know where we are going and we know how to get there…and most importantly, we know we’re a FAMILY and we will do this together! 🩵🐏.
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From the Garden State to the Southern Part of Heaven. The ‘25 class keeps getting better! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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The journey begins today. It’s time to take what we want! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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I met Jack Lengyel tonight—he coached the Thundering Herd football team after the plane crash of 1970 that killed nearly the entire Marshall Football team. He was portrayed by Matthew McConaughey in the movie We Are Marshall! What an honor! Go Herd! 💚
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Best first day ever! 🩵🐏.
A new era of @UNCSoftball starts with @coachmegsmith's first interview in the studio. Coach Smith Lyon joins @JonesAngell to talk about coming back to Carolina, her goals for the program and much more 🗣️🥎. #GoHeels
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Yesterday was a big day for the Tar Heels! Congrats to Erin and Mike! 🩵🐏
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Keeping another one home! Tar Heel Born, Tar Heel Bred! 🩵🐏
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FOY coming to the Southern part of Heaven! So excited for this new Tar Heel!🩵🐏
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We’re focused on the process…how we do anything is how we do everything! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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Screaming “LET’S GO!” in Chapel Hill tonight! Another big time addition to the ‘25 class. Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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Our family is complete! Welcome Jorge! Let’s do some amazing things in Chapel Hill!! 🩵🐏.
Rounding out our staff with the addition of Jorge Solodkin who will serve as the Tar Heels' Director of Sports Performance!. Welcome to Chapel Hill, Jorge!. 🔗: #GoHeels
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Leaving the Southern Part of Heaven to compete for the first time as a family! I am so honored to be a part of this journey with these amazing people. I cannot wait to see them accomplish great things this season…TOGETHER! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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Special start to our 1st road trip of the season…remembering the 75 and reminding ourselves of our “why” and our core values as a team. I am so blessed to go on this journey with this amazing group.
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Brittany is an amazing person who will make a huge impact on our program. I loved coaching her and I can’t wait to work with her! GDTBATH 🩵🐏.
Help us in welcoming Brittany Jackson, our new director of operations, to the Tar Heel family! 💙. 🔗: #GoHeels
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Happy Birthday Maddie! I’m so thankful that she is in Chapel Hill doing amazing things with our pitchers and catchers! 🩵🐏
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WHOLE SQUAD READY! One more sleep until we are on the road to open our season! So proud and thankful to represent the place I LOVE with the people I LOVE! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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Today I was asked to throw out the first pitch in recognition of some recent milestones…instead, I asked if my Dad could do it. He is my biggest supporter, the Herd’s biggest fan, and the best person I know! What a special moment!! 💚
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Heading home with 4 wins. So proud of the resilience and grit that this team showed in California and I’m anxious to get back to work on Tuesday to get better! Go Herd! 💚🥎💚
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It’s always a great day when the dream of becoming a Tar Heel becomes a reality! 🩵🐏
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Happy National Coaches Day to these amazing people. They all do so much to serve our players and I am lucky to have them as my family! 🩵🐏
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Happy Father’s Day to my favorite Tar Heel! I love you Dad! 🩵🐏
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What a great start to our Tar Heel Family weekend….Parent practice followed by a delicious family dinner! 🩵🐏
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Nothing better than wearing the NC across your chest! Being a Tar Heel is the best!! 🩵🐏.
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Family dinner was a big success! The Swoosh did an amazing job! Go Heels! 🩵🐏
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Loving this place, loving this game, loving this team. Nothing better than being a Tar Heel! 🩵🐏.
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The Tar Heels will love UNC, love each other, love the game, and have a lot of fun doing it! 🩵🐏.
Heart. Grit. Passion. Head coach @coachmegsmith joined the ACC Network this afternoon to talk about what the Tar Heels will bring to the table next season 🗣. #GoHeels
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