Mandy Morales is in her second season as an assistant women's basketball coach at MSUB for the 2015-16 season.
The 2004 Montana girls’ basketball Gatorade player of the year, Morales played for three years at Billings West High School under Coach Kevin Woodin. After graduating from West High School, Morales initially went to Arizona State, but after spending her summer in Phoenix, Morales returned to her home state and play all four of her collegiate basketball seasons at the University of Montana from 2005-2009. She also played one season of professional basketball in Greece.
At UM, Morales was a four-time WBCA All-American (HM), a Big Sky Conference MVP, All-Big Sky first team all four seasons, a Big Sky tournament team selection twice (2007 and 2008), and the Big Sky tournament MVP in 2008.
In her collegiate career at Montana, Morales compiled 1,959 points and 587 assists. She is ranked No. 4 all-time in scoring in the Big Sky Conference, No. 2 all-time in scoring at UM, and was recently named No. 10 on the 25 Greatest Females Athletes in the Big Sky Conference. Morales was a record 13-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week and ranks No. 5 all-time in the conference in career assists. She is the only player in league history to score 1,550 points and 500 assists. Morales is No. 2 all-time in the Big Sky Conference in career free-throws with 533, and she holds the record for free-throw percentage in a single game (18-for-18, 2006).
For the past five seasons, Morales has been assistant varsity and junior varsity head coach at Missoula Sentinel High School in Missoula, Mont. Under the guidance of varsity head coach Karen Deden and Morales, the Spartans won three consecutive Montana State AA Girls Basketball state championships from 2011-2014.
"Mandy will be a great addition to our staff this coming season," Coach Woodin said. "I had the distinct pleasure of coaching Mandy when she was in high school at Billings West and I am excited to be around her again in a basketball setting. She has a great deal of expertise to offer as a coach and our players will benefit greatly from her guidance. Mandy will assist our program in many areas including individual player development, strength training/conditioning, scouting, recruiting, and practice/game preparation."
