Whitney Bower - Director of Scouting & Player Personnel - Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Whitney Bower

Title:
Director of Scouting & Player Personnel

Whitney Bower enters her first season with the Utes after serving in assistant coaching roles for both collegiate and club volleyball. Bower was a three-time All-America honoree during her playing career at BYU.

Bower began her college coaching career last season as an assistant coach at College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. She has also assisted her former club, Idaho Crush Volleyball, in a variety of roles, including as an assistant coach of the club's elite teams. Last year she helped guide the club's 15s team to a National Championship at USAV's Junior Olympics.

Bower was a three-time All-American and earned multiple AVCA Southwest All-Region honors as well as All-Big 12 first-team selection. She also earned West Coast Conference Player of the Year and Setter of the Year honors before BYU switched to the Big 12.

She finished her collegiate career as the all-time rally scoring era assists record holder, tallying 4,583 assists. She also is first all time in the BYU record books in sets played, second in service aces and third in total digs.

Bower was drafted to the Professional Volleyball Federation's Atlanta Vibe as the ninth overall pick ahead of the 2024 season. She helped the Vibe to a 19-5 regular season record, giving Atlanta the first Professional Volleyball Federation regular season championship.

A native of Nampa, Idaho, Bower was one of Idaho's most decorated volleyball players as a setter at Skyview High School, leading the Hawks to back-to-back state championships. A two-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American and a top-50 junior recruit by PrepVolleyball.com. Bower left high school a year early to begin her competitive college career as a 17-year-old at BYU in 2019, the same year that Utah assistant coach Wil Stanley was the starting setter for the Cougars' men's team.

Bower comes from a volleyball family. Among her six sisters, three have played collegiate volleyball, including Eden Bower (Auburn) and Alex Bower (BYU).