Black Tabbed Women's Basketball Director of Operations
Jul 18, 2022 | Women's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. - Head women's basketball coach Carrie Banks announced Megan Black as the program's director of operations. Black spent the last five seasons with the Washington men's basketball team in various roles.
"Megan had just the background I was looking for in our director of operations position," said Banks. "She has great experience from her previous operations role. She is passionate and organized, and I am confident she will manage the day-to-day operations of our program at a high level."
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.
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.
"Megan had just the background I was looking for in our director of operations position," said Banks. "She has great experience from her previous operations role. She is passionate and organized, and I am confident she will manage the day-to-day operations of our program at a high level."
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.
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.
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