About the Coach
Bobbi Morgan
Head Coach
Senior Woman Administrator
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-896-1433
bmorgan@haverford.edu
In June 2008 Bobbi Morgan became the 11th Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Haverford College. In her first season, she led the Fords to their highest Centennial Conference win total in school history and mentored just the third 1,000 point scorer in the women's program. Morgan has an impressive coaching resume that includes 398 career wins in 22 seasons.
“Bobbi’s experience and record of success made her an ideal choice for the position,” said Director of Athletics Wendy Smith '87. “I have complete confidence that our program will see unprecedented success under her guidance and am very pleased that she will be joining our department.”
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to coach at Haverford College,” said Morgan. “I have always believed Haverford has the potential to be highly competitive in women’s basketball. It is a nationally renowned institution, features state-of-the–art athletic facilities and I sense a true commitment to athletics from everyone I have met.”
Morgan came to Haverford from Cabrini College where she was the head coach for four seasons. At Cabrini, Morgan notched 66 wins and averaged 16.5 wins per season. In 2007-08, Morgan guided the Cavaliers to a 21-7 record, the team’s first Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) title since 1999 and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
She took over at Cabrini after a highly successful 17-year high school coaching career at The Academy of Notre Dame in Villanova (1986-1989) and Haverford High School (1990-2004), compiling an impressive 326-139 career mark. Morgan took Notre Dame to the District 1 Class AA title game in 1988-89 and crowned the season with the school’s first PIAA state playoff berth. At her next stop, Morgan turned Haverford High into a perennial District 1 powerhouse while winning six Central League titles and qualifying for the PIAA Class AAAA State Playoffs seven times.
A Bryn Mawr native, Morgan is a 1981 graduate of Haverford High School. Her high school basketball coach was Julie Soriero, Haverford College’s first ever women’s basketball coach, who is now the Director of Athletics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Morgan went on to play basketball at the University of Richmond, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 1985.
“I’ve always respected Bobbi’s ability to analyze and appreciate the game,” said Soriero. “She has a wealth of experience and passion for competing.”
Outside of coaching, Morgan spent 15 years as a journalist. She worked as a news and feature writer at the Main Line Times and Main Line Times Sunday. She then worked as a staff sports writer for the Delaware County Daily Times before taking over as the managing sports editor of the Main Line Times in 1990. During her years as a journalist, Morgan won six Keystone Press Association Awards for best writing in various categories including sports writing and sports column writing. She also won a Philadelphia Press Association Award for best writing on her series on “College Recruiting: How To Play The Game To Win.”
Morgan lives in Havertown with her husband John and their children Patrick (15), Connor (11) and Reilly Ann (9).