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Morgan Valley

Morgan Valley

American basketball player and coach

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]

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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
Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
2000-01 29 33 84 .393 10 26 .385 12 14 .857 56 1.9 22 25 4 18 300 88 3.0
2001-02 16 19 43 .442 7 20 .350 13 17 .765 41 2.6 14 17 2 6 207 58 3.6
2002-03 34 29 69 .420 5 17 .294 13 16 .813 90 2.6 35 22 5 16 388 76 2.2
2003-04 29 24 48 .500 3 7 .429 9 16 .563 76 2.6 38 22 7 19 338 60 2.1
Totals 108 105 244 .430 25 70 .357 47 63 .746 263 2.4 109 86 18 59 1233 282 2.6

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

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References

  1. [1]
    "UConn alum Morgan Valley named head coach of University of Hartford women's basketball team". Hartford Courant. 17 April 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Hartford Hawks Athletics - Morgan Valley - Staff Directory - University of Hartford". www.hartfordhawks.com.
  3. [3]
    "Vermont native Valley returns to Final Four". Burlington Free Press.
  4. [4]
    "UCONN Hoop Legends: MORGAN VALLEY". www.uconnhooplegends.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  5. [5]
    "UConn Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Morgan Valley Bio". GoHolyCross.com.
  7. [7]
    "Morgan Valley - Women's Basketball Coach". University of Massachusetts Athletics.
  8. [8]
    "Virginia Tech names Valley assistant coach". Virginia Tech Athletics.
  9. [9]
    "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies.
  10. [10]
    "Morgan Valley - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory". University of Arizona Athletics.
  11. [11]
    "Valley Officially Introduced as Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Hartford Athletics. 19 April 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Former Rice hoops star Morgan Valley named head coach at University of Hartford". Burlington Free Press.
  13. [13]
    "Morgan Valley on leaving Hartford for UConn: Returning to 'Mecca of basketball'". 21 April 2021.
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