Morgan Valley

Last updated
Morgan Valley
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Team UConn
Conference Big East
Biographical details
Born (1981-04-07) April 7, 1981 (age 43)
Colchester, Vermont
Playing career
2000–2004 Connecticut
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005 UConn (student assistant)
2005–2007 Holy Cross (assistant)
2007–2008 New Hampshire (assistant)
2008–2010 Towson (assistant)
2010–2014 UMass (assistant)
2014–2015 Virginia Tech (assistant)
2015–2017 Washington (assistant)
2017–2019 Arizona (assistant)
2019–2021 Hartford
2021–presentUConn (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall4–37 (.098)

Morgan Valley is a former American basketball player, former head coach of the Hartford Hawks women's basketball team, and current assistant coach for the UConn Huskies basketball team. [1] [2]

Contents

Playing career

High school

A two-time Vermont Miss Basketball selection by the Burlington Free Press, Valley guided Rice Memorial High School to two-straight undefeated seasons and two Division I girls state championships. [3]

College

Valley attended the University of Connecticut and played basketball for Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma from 2000-2004. As a member of three national championship squads, and the 2001–02 undefeated team, Valley appeared in 108 games. [4]

University of Connecticut statistics

Morgan Valley Statistics [5] at University of Connecticut
YearG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
2000-01293384.3931026.3851214.857561.92225418300883.0
2001-02161943.442720.3501317.765412.6141726207583.6
2002-03342969.420517.2941316.813902.63522516388762.2
2003-04292448.50037.429916.563762.63822719338602.1
Totals108105244.4302570.3574763.7462632.410986185912332822.6

Coaching career

After graduation, Valley spent one season as a student assistant with the Huskies before taking her first full-time coaching position at Holy Cross. [6] After assistant coaching stops at New Hampshire and Towson, Valley had a four year stint as assistant coach under Sharon Dawley at UMass. [7] After an assistant coaching stop at Virginia Tech, Valley joined the coaching staff at Washington where she was part of the Huskies 2016 Final Four run. [8] [9]

From 2017 to 2019, Valley was on staff at Arizona, until April 19, 2019 when she was named the ninth head coach in Hartford history, replacing Kim McNeill, who accepted a similar position at East Carolina. [10] [11] [12]

On April 21, 2021, it was announced that Valley would be returning to UConn as an assistant coach replacing Shea Ralph. [13]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Hartford Hawks (America East)(2019–2021)
2019–20 Hartford 1–281–159th
2020–21 Hartford 3–93–9T-9th
Hartford:4–37 (.098)4–24 (.143)
Total:4–37 (.098)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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