Morgan Valley

Morgan Valley (born April 7, 1981) is an American former basketball player, former head coach of the Hartford Hawks women's basketball team, and current assistant coach for the UConn Huskies basketball team.

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.

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.

University of Connecticut statistics Morgan Valley Statistics 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. After assistant coaching stops at New Hampshire and Towson, Valley had a four year stint as assistant coach under Sharon Dawley at UMass. After an assistant coaching stop at Virginia Tech, Valley joined the coaching staff at Washington where she was part of the Washington Huskies 2016 Final Four run.

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.

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

Head coaching record