Utah Valley University Athletics

Morgan Bailey enters her third season on head coach Dan Nielson's staff at Utah Valley University in 2021-22. She helped lead the Wolverines to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2020-21, where they faced No. 1 and eventual national champion Stanford. During her tenure on staff, she has coached six All-WAC, two WAC All-Defensive Team picks, a WAC All-Newcomer selection, and 19 Academic All-WAC honorees. 

The 2020-21 team finished 13-7 overall and 10-4 in WAC play (including a 4-2 mark on the road), setting a program record for WAC wins since joining the conference in 2013-14. UVU also finished second in the conference for the second straight year and have gone 19-10 in the WAC over her first two seasons on staff.

She coached two first-team All-WAC selections in 2020-21 in Maria Carvalho and Josie Williams. Two players on the WAC's first team was also a program first. Shay Fano and Nehaa Sohail were also named honorable mention All-WAC with Fano, a Southern Utah transfer, also being named to the All-Newcomer Team, and Carvalho was on the All-Defensive Team for the second straight season. 

Bailey spent the 2018-19 season on the coaching staff at Southern Utah following a year as an assistant at Snow College. She played at BYU from 2010-15 and as a senior was the WCC Player of the Year and an AP honorable mention All-American after leading the Cougars to a Sweet 16 run where they lost to eventual national champion UConn.

Bailey graduated from BYU in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and wellness/nutrition. A native of Orem, she attended Timpanogos High School. She is also the niece of former NBA player Thurl Bailey.