Morgan Garrett was added to the women's basketball staff as the top assistant coach for the 2024-25 season. She assisted in leading the Tigers to the programs second American Southwest Conference (ASC) Tournament Championship, a 23-5 overall record, and a berth into the NCAA Division III National Tournament. This is her second stint as an assistant coach on Blake Arbogast’s staff (2021-2022 previously).
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Blake Arbogast said, "I am excited and grateful to have Morgan returning to ETBU and the women's basketball program. Her love for the Lord, ETBU, and this program will, without a doubt, leave a mark on the campus and program this year. I am looking forward to working alongside her and this staff."
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Garrett has been the head girls' basketball coach at Riverdale Academy (Coushatta, La.) and Providence Classical Academy (Bossier City, La), collecting a 118-41 record. She has spent the past two seasons (2022-23, 2023-24) at PCA, going 25-8 this year and making the playoffs.
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She started her coaching career as the head girls' coach at Riverdale Academy from 2016 through 2020. Riverdale won the 2018 MAIS State Championship, and she was the Class A Coach of the Year, guiding her team to an undefeated District record. They were also the 2020 MAIS State Runners-Up, boasting an undefeated District record. The three-time MAIS District Coach of the Year was also an All-Star Coach and a MAIS Futures Coach in 2023 and 2024.
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Between her two stints coaching in the high school ranks, she was the second assistant and head developmental coach under Arbogast for the 2021-22 season. ETBU went 21-6 in her only season on his staff and made the NCAA Division III Tournament, upsetting #19 Rhodes College, 65-53, in the first round. That year, ETBU went 4-3 against ranked opponents with one of the most demanding schedules in the nation.
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Her collegiate playing career expanded from 2012 to 2016 for ETBU, where she played in 101 games, starting 36. She recorded 360 points, made 94 three-pointers, and had 116 assists. ETBU won 52 games during that time, going 16-10 in 2012-13 and 17-10 in 2015-16, and made two American Southwest Conference Tournament appearances.
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She graduated from ETBU in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Education in 2017.
