Megan Black was tabbed the director of operations for the women's basketball program in July of 2022 and later as an interim assistant coach in October of 2022. She spent the prior five seasons with the Washington men's basketball team in various roles.
Last season, Black served as a graduate assistant with Washington men's basketball. She acted as the lead operations assistant for the program and handled day-to-day operations, travel logistics, player development, video, scouting and analytics, recruiting, compliance, academics, equipment and tickets.
During the previous four seasons with the Huskies, Black served as the head student manager. She assisted with team practices, games, and individual workouts. Black also coordinated the hiring and oversight of the program's student manager team. She assisted the men's basketball staff with travel operations, recruiting projects, maintaining and distributing gear, analyzing film, and creating scouts.
Since June 2020, Black built and led a nation-wide online learning community for college basketball student managers with a role on the board of directors for Grow the Game. She held weekly virtual learning sessions, which allowed student managers ot develop relationships and advanced in their basketball career. She helped the manager mentorship reach over 500 monthly participants and helped partner with the NABC, JustPlay, and HD Intelligence to host a networking event at the 2022 Final Four.
During the 2022 WNBA season, Black worked with the Minnesota Lynx as a Video Associate. Working directly with the team's coaching staff, she created video scouts breaking down opposing teams' offense, defense, personnel, play calling, and other notable tendencies, while also personally scouting all Seattle Storm home games.
Black earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political economy from Washington in 2021. She just completed her Master of Education in intercollegiate athletic leadership in June 2022.
