Completed Event: Women's Basketball at Eastern Kentucky on March 19, 2026 , Loss , 58, to, 72
Final Score
Women's Basketball
58
at Eastern Kentucky
72
The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Women's Basketball Announces Morgan Bailey as New Assistant Coach
6/26/2024 3:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Bailey joins Utes after spending two seasons at BYU and three at UVU
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Head Women's Basketball Coach Lynne Roberts announced the hiring of Morgan Bailey as a new assistant coach to join the Utes' staff.
"I'm super excited to welcome Morgan Bailey to the U," Roberts said. "Morgan was an unbelievable player at BYU and went on to play professionally. Since getting into coaching, she is widely respected as a great teacher of the game and a standout recruiter. She'll be an instant impact on the court developing our post players. We are grateful that she has joined our program as we continue to strive to new heights."
Bailey joins Utah after spending the last two seasons at BYU. Prior to BYU, she spent three seasons at Utah Valley where she helped the Wolverines to back-to-back winning seasons and went 29-18 in the WAC over her three seasons as an assistant. She helped lead UVU to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2020-21, where they faced No. 1 and eventual national champion Stanford.
"I couldn't pass up an opportunity like this," Bailey said. "Utah Women's Basketball has some big goals, goals that I want to be a part of reaching. I hope to leave a lasting mark here while learning and growing from Coach Roberts and her staff. I'm humbled and thankful that they felt I was the right person for the job. I'll never forget where I came from and will stay grateful to the programs that have trusted me and for the players I've had a privilege to coach. I'm excited for this new adventure and for the people I get to do it with."
During Bailey's tenure on staff at UVU, she coached eight All-WAC players, two WAC All-Defensive Team picks, a WAC All-Newcomer selection, and 19 Academic All-WAC honorees. Bailey coached Josie Williams to back-to-back seasons as an All-WAC first-team selection in 2021-22 and Maria Carvalho to a second-team honor in 2022. Williams led the WAC and was No. 4 nationally with 12.3 rebounds per game and No. 2 in the WAC at 17.3 points per game, posting 22 double-doubles on the year.
She mentored Shay Fano and Nehaa Sohail to All-WAC honorable mentions in 2020-21, with Fano, a Southern Utah transfer, also being named to the All-Newcomer Team, while Carvalho was on the All-Defensive Team for two years.
Prior to her time at UVU, Bailey spent one season at Southern Utah University and one season at Snow College.
Bailey played her collegiate career at BYU from 2010-15. As a senior she earned WCC Player of the Year. She was an AP honorable mention All-American and averaged 17.2 points per game and 10.5 rebounds. Bailey led the Cougars to a Sweet 16 run where they lost to eventual national champion UConn.
After her collegiate career, she went on to play professionally in Finland from 2016 to 2017.
Bailey earned her bachelor's degree in Exercise and Wellness, Nutrition in 2015.
"I'm super excited to welcome Morgan Bailey to the U," Roberts said. "Morgan was an unbelievable player at BYU and went on to play professionally. Since getting into coaching, she is widely respected as a great teacher of the game and a standout recruiter. She'll be an instant impact on the court developing our post players. We are grateful that she has joined our program as we continue to strive to new heights."
Bailey joins Utah after spending the last two seasons at BYU. Prior to BYU, she spent three seasons at Utah Valley where she helped the Wolverines to back-to-back winning seasons and went 29-18 in the WAC over her three seasons as an assistant. She helped lead UVU to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2020-21, where they faced No. 1 and eventual national champion Stanford.
"I couldn't pass up an opportunity like this," Bailey said. "Utah Women's Basketball has some big goals, goals that I want to be a part of reaching. I hope to leave a lasting mark here while learning and growing from Coach Roberts and her staff. I'm humbled and thankful that they felt I was the right person for the job. I'll never forget where I came from and will stay grateful to the programs that have trusted me and for the players I've had a privilege to coach. I'm excited for this new adventure and for the people I get to do it with."
During Bailey's tenure on staff at UVU, she coached eight All-WAC players, two WAC All-Defensive Team picks, a WAC All-Newcomer selection, and 19 Academic All-WAC honorees. Bailey coached Josie Williams to back-to-back seasons as an All-WAC first-team selection in 2021-22 and Maria Carvalho to a second-team honor in 2022. Williams led the WAC and was No. 4 nationally with 12.3 rebounds per game and No. 2 in the WAC at 17.3 points per game, posting 22 double-doubles on the year.
She mentored Shay Fano and Nehaa Sohail to All-WAC honorable mentions in 2020-21, with Fano, a Southern Utah transfer, also being named to the All-Newcomer Team, while Carvalho was on the All-Defensive Team for two years.
Prior to her time at UVU, Bailey spent one season at Southern Utah University and one season at Snow College.
Bailey played her collegiate career at BYU from 2010-15. As a senior she earned WCC Player of the Year. She was an AP honorable mention All-American and averaged 17.2 points per game and 10.5 rebounds. Bailey led the Cougars to a Sweet 16 run where they lost to eventual national champion UConn.
After her collegiate career, she went on to play professionally in Finland from 2016 to 2017.
Bailey earned her bachelor's degree in Exercise and Wellness, Nutrition in 2015.
Utah: 66, Cincinnati: 73 | Big 12 Tournament | Utah Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Wednesday, March 11
Utah: 75, Baylor: 101 | Utah Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Sunday, March 08
Utah: 78, Colorado: 92 | Utah Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Wednesday, March 04
Utah: 81, Colorado: 67 | Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Sunday, March 01