Hatton comes to Young Harris after serving the past five seasons as head coach at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, where she built the program from the ground up.

Hatton led the Mountain Lions to 28 wins in Colorado Springs, including a program best 8-4 record during the 2021 campaign. UCCS finished third in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and advanced to the RMAC Tournament semifinals in 2021.

During her five seasons with the Mountain Lions, she coached 17 All-RMAC performers and had 33 players earn RMAC All-Academic accolades. Natalie Church was named the league's Freshman of the Year in 2018.

Prior to her starting at UCCS, Hatton led Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia, to a pair of National Women's Lacrosse League tournament appearances, which served as the national championship tournament for NAIA institutions until recently. She was the NWLL South Region Coach of the Year in 2014 after a runner-up finish in the region. The Eagles finished second in the Appalachian Athletic Conference in 2015 and were the runner-up in the AAC conference tournament twice.

Hatton was the first women's lacrosse coach at Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska, for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. She led the team's development and led the Warriors to a winning season by the second year. Hatton was also on the Board of Directors for the first youth lacrosse program in Nebraska.