Bailey Morris was named an assistant coach/director of basketball operations on May 21, 2024. She enters her second year with the Coyotes in 2025-26.
Morris is set to begin her eighth season on Eighmey’s staff. She served as the director of basketball operations at Idaho for one season and the previous five seasons was an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
In her first season with the Coyotes, South Dakota found themselves limiting mistakes, leading the Summit League in fewest fouls (12.4) and turnovers (11.7) per game. The Coyotes also had the Summit League Player of the Year and all-Defensive Team selection in Grace Larkins.
Morris helped the Lopers to five-straight winning seasons in Kearney with three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2021-23.
Prior to arriving on Eighmey’s staff in Kearney, Morris spent three seasons coaching at the NAIA level. She started her coaching career under former USD associate head coach Jason Jeschke at Oklahoma Wesleyan in 2015-16. She spent a second season as a graduate assistant at Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell, South Dakota, before getting an assistant coaching position at Briar Cliff in nearby Sioux City, Iowa.
A native of Clay Center, Nebraska, Morris starred at Concordia (Neb.) from 2012-15. She graduated as the Bulldogs’ all-time leading scorer with 2,054 points. She was tabbed the 2015 NAIA Division II Player of the Year. The 5-foot-4 point guard was twice named the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Player of the Year and was an Academic All-American. Concordia went 35-3 her senior year and finished as national runners-up. The Bulldogs were 119-21 during her collegiate career.
