Morgan Harrington, a former NAIA All-American player at Lindenwood, is in her second season as an assistant coach for the Lindenwood women’s basketball team in 2015-16.
In her first season coaching at Lindenwood, she helped the Lady Lions win 11 games. Lindenwood had a perfect record in the regular season in non-conference games. In the MIAA, it advanced to the MIAA Tournament, and the Lady Lions also defeated No. 8 Washburn during the regular season.
As a player, Harrington transferred to Lindenwood in 2010 and played two seasons for the Lady Lions. In her first season, she helped a Lindenwood team that won just nine games the previous season go 21-10 and finish second in conference play. The next season, while Lindenwood began its transition to the NCAA level, Harrington helped the Lady Lions continue their winning ways with a 17-10 mark.
Harrington averaged 11.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists a game during her Lady Lions career. She is the school’s all-time top free-throw shooter, making over 90 percent of her attempts throughout her two seasons.
In her first season at Lindenwood, she was named an honorable mention NAIA All-American. That year, she also was named a first-team all-conference performer and was the conference Newcomer of the Year.
After leaving Lindenwood, Harrington was a graduate assistant coach at NCAA Division I Murray State for two years. Among her duties at Murray State, Harrington was in charge of film exchange and film editing, developing scouting reports, managing and purchasing equipment, the team’s community service, summer camps, and coordination of the team’s travel. She helped coach two guards who earned OVC All-Newcomer honors, including one OVC Freshman of the Year, and another guard earned all-conference accolades.
Harrington’s collegiate playing career started at NCAA Division I Missouri State. She appeared in 28 games as a freshman and averaged over 13 minutes a game. She recorded the best assist-to-turnover ratio on the team and averaged 2.4 points a game.
Prior to college, Harrington was one of the best women’s basketball players to come out of Belleville East High School. She ranked nine in school history in points and was second in career assists. She was a four-time member of the all-state team, and was also a four-time all-area selection.
Harrington graduated from Lindenwood with a bachelor of arts degree in Sports Management in 2012, and recently earned her MBA from Murray State. Harrington was on the Dean’s List both years that she attended Lindenwood, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lindenwood.
