Episode 117: Erin Matson

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Field hockey superstar Erin Matson joins Laughter Permitted to talk about what it was like winning a national championship in her first year as head coach at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina, and how she had the confidence to pursue the job directly out of college. At 23 years old, Erin became the youngest Division 1 head coach to ever win a national championship, and she shares how she approached coaching players she called teammates the previous season. Find out how Erin went about applying for the head coaching job and what she said in her first team meeting. Plus, learn about Erin's sideline style and why she rocked socks with the number "23" on them. In Questions Permitted, Lynn reads a listener email that gives a definitive answer to the highly debated question: Does a straw have one hole or two? What are your takeaways from Season 10? Send Julie and Lynn an email at [email protected].

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally. Do it right.
0:04.0	Hello party people welcome to Laughter Permitted. I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:08.0	I'm Leno Zowie and before we dive into the episode, a little backstory on it, Julie and I basically
0:15.3	emailed each other at the same time saying we needed to have this guest on the podcast.
0:21.7	And I am so glad we did, because this is a great conversation.
0:26.8	And I think we've finally met someone who loves winning as much as you do, and I'm saying
0:31.7	that we've had a lot of people on the
0:33.8	podcast who love winning but I think you and our guests might be right
0:38.3	on the same level. Our guest this week is Aaron Mattson, the head coach of UNC's field hockey team,
0:46.7	and I put out the back call to our friend and former guest on the pod,
0:51.7	Jenny Levy, who's the head coach of UNC's lacrosse team.
0:55.8	And we got the hookup. We spoke with Aaron fresh off of winning her first national championship as a head coach.
1:06.0	And mind you, this is Aaron's first season as a head coach,
1:11.6	and she is only 23 years old. Yes, Aaron played field hockey at North Carolina and won four national
1:22.1	championships while she was there.
1:24.0	She was the three-time NCAA field hockey player of the year
1:28.5	and is still North Carolina's all-time leading score. And as you'll hear in this episode she was named
1:35.6	head coach of the program less than two months after she graduated and let's not
1:41.4	forget she is following in the footsteps of the legend, capital L legend,
1:47.0	field hockey coach Karen Shelton, who guided the Tar heels to 10 national titles and 42 seasons at the helm and we talk about all of this with the
1:57.6	superstar it's a ton of fun so get comfortable listening it's Aaron Mattson.
2:04.0	Hey there, Dope Village, Lynn and I have been involved in women's sports our entire lives.
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