Ethan McIlhargey enters his fourth season as the Director of Video and Analytics for the Utah women's basketball program.
During his time in Salt Lake City, McIlhargey has led and assisted in many different areas. He is responsible pre-scouting and creating analytical reports on opponents and Utah while also leading the film breakdown of practices, games, and player development. He has assisted with on-campus recruiting and is the Utah Women's Basketball Camps director. The Utes went 21-12 on the season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 and the first time as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Utah made history during the 2021-22 season when they advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 Tournament for the first time in program history and set the school record for most three-pointers made in a single season (312).
Before coming to the University of Utah, McIlhargey was the Director of Basketball Operations at Tennessee Tech. During his one season with the Golden Eagles, they came away with their highest win total since 2011, finishing the season 22-11. It was the third-largest win increase in NCAA Division I in 2018-19. The Golden Eagles went to their first postseason appearance since 2011.
McIlhargey coordinated all aspects of practice, game scheduling, and travel for the team for Tennessee Tech. He was the liaison to the marketing, alumni relations, and sports information department. He also helped and developed social media plans. He also assisted with on-campus recruiting and film breakdown of practices, games, and scouts.
During the 2017-18 season, McIlhargey served as the video coordinator at Stephen F. Austin. The Lady Jacks turned in a 25-7 season and 16-2 mark in Southland Conference play, earning the program's first-ever at-large bid into the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). He assisted with various aspects of the program, from organizing community relations projects to helping prepare scouting reports.
From 2012 to 2017, McIlhargey served as a student assistant at the University of Idaho. He aided in the Vandals three NCAA tournament appearances and three conference tournament titles while also helping the team to two regular-season titles in the Western Athletic Conference and Big Sky Conference.
The Kuna, Idaho, native graduated from the University of Idaho with a bachelor's of science in general studies in 2017 and began working towards a master's degree in mass communications while at SFA.