KU’s top women's basketball assistant takes first head coaching job
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- Morgan Paige leaves Kansas to take her first head coaching job at Loyola Chicago.
- She joined KU in April 2021 and was promoted to associate head coach ahead of 2024-25.
- She helped KU reach four postseason tournaments, including NCAA berths in 2022 and 2024.
Kansas women’s basketball associate head coach Morgan Paige is leaving the program to begin her first campaign as a head coach at Loyola Chicago, the university announced Sunday.
Paige was with the Jayhawks for five seasons, joining them in April 2021 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator during her first three seasons. She was promoted to associate head coach ahead of the 2024-25 season.
She previously spent five seasons on staff at North Dakota State following a year as a graduate assistant at Iowa State.
Paige’s hiring comes shortly after she participated in the Women’s Basketball Coaching Association Next Generation Institute, an education program for experienced assistants with head coaching aspirations. The institute was held in conjunction with the WBCA Convention, which took place in Phoenix on Final Four weekend.
Paige was instrumental in KU’s four postseason appearances during her tenure. The Jayhawks reached the NCAA Tournament in 2022 and 2024, won the 2023 WNIT and advanced to the semifinals of the WBIT this past season.
Paige is now the fourth assistant under 11-year head coach Brandon Schneider to depart the program for a Division I head coaching job. The others are Aqua Franklin (Lamar), Jory Collins (North Dakota State) and Terry Nooner (Wichita State).
The Marion, Iowa native follows in her family’s footsteps. Her mother, Sherryl, was her high school coach, while her father, Ellis, also coached her and her brother, Marcus.
KU men’s basketball fans may be familiar with her brother, Marcus Paige. He was a point guard for the University of North Carolina, guiding them to the 2016 national championship game that they famously lost to Villanova on a buzzer beater. He now works as an assistant men’s basketball coach at UNC-Charlotte.
