| Morgan Valley | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | UConn |
| Current Conference: | Big East |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Colchester, Vermont |
| Player Years1: | 2000–2004 |
| Player Team1: | Connecticut |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Coach Years1: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team1: | UConn (student assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2005–2007 |
| Coach Team2: | Holy Cross (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2007–2008 |
| Coach Team3: | New Hampshire (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team4: | Towson (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2010–2014 |
| Coach Team5: | UMass (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2014–2015 |
| Coach Team6: | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2015–2017 |
| Coach Team7: | Washington (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2017–2019 |
| Coach Team8: | Arizona (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2019–2021 |
| Coach Team9: | Hartford |
| Coach Years10: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team10: | UConn (assistant) |
| Overall Record: | 4–37 |
Morgan Valley is a former American basketball player, former head coach of the Hartford Hawks women's basketball team, and current assistant coach for the UConn Huskies basketball team.[1] [2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
| Morgan Valley Statistics[5] 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 | |
After graduation, Valley spent one season as a student assistant with the Huskies before taking her first full-time coaching position at Holy Cross.[6] After assistant coaching stops at New Hampshire and Towson, Valley had a four year stint as assistant coach under Sharon Dawley at UMass.[7] After an assistant coaching stop at Virginia Tech, Valley joined the coaching staff at Washington where she was part of the Huskies 2016 Final Four run.[8] [9]
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.[10] [11] [12]
On April 21, 2021, it was announced that Valley would be returning to UConn as an assistant coach replacing Shea Ralph.[13]