UNC Softball 2026 Season Preview w Coach Megan Smith Lyon | College Softball

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Since returning to Chapel Hill, head coach Megan Smith Lyon has pushed UNC softball to its highest heights in nearly a decade. The third year coach joins Inside Carolina's Tommy Ashley to discuss coming home, putting her stamp on the program and the potential for her 2026 season team to pass the marks the Heels reached last season in the tough ACC. **Call to Action:** **Subscribe:** Follow 'Inside Carolina' wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode! **Review:** Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help us reach more Tar Heel fans! **Visit:** Explore http://www.InsideCarolina.com for breaking news, recruiting updates, and expert commentary on all things UNC sports. This show is brought to you by Inside Carolina, the No. 1 site for UNC sports coverage and community. Visit http://www.InsideCarolina.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to another special Inside Carolina podcast.
0:04.0	I'm Tommy Ashley,
0:04.8	responsible by Johnny T-shirt.
0:06.1	As always,
0:06.7	Johnny T-shirt.com.
0:07.9	Go to Inside Carolina and get your premium membership.
0:10.5	I have a special guest today.
0:12.0	Another of North Carolina's elite Olympic sport coaches,
0:16.5	Megan Smith Lion, softball joins me.
0:20.3	Coach, how are you doing this morning? I'm doing well, Tommy.
0:22.8	Thanks for having me. Absolutely. This is always fun for me because for a couple reasons.
0:28.2	One, it educates me on the side of North Carolina athletics that so many people hear about,
0:34.8	but don't really pay attention to enough.
0:40.5	And it's truly North Carolina.
0:46.4	It's truly the version of a North Carolina athlete that folks need to understand,
0:49.2	especially in the new era of college sports.
0:50.7	And I think it gets lost.
0:56.4	So I hope you will oblige me to answer a few questions, and I've got some from our message board, diehard softball fans as well that I want to get to. But let's just talk
1:02.7	about coming home a little bit. I talked to Joe Bresci yesterday, men's lacrosse, and I talked to
1:09.7	several other coaches that were part of the
1:12.4	Carolina family as students and have made their way back to Chapel Hill. Some like Aaron
1:17.6	Mattson never left. And she's made her way. But just sort of talk about your journey from
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