Morgan Paige joined the North Dakota State women's basketball coaching staff prior to the 2016-17 season. Paige added recruiting coordinator duties in the summer of 2019.
Prior to joining the Bison, Paige spent a year as a graduate assistant at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where she helped extensively with the video editing systems, community relations, player development and on-campus recruiting.
A native of Marion, Iowa, Paige was a four-year letterwinner and starter for the University of Wisconsin Badger women’s basketball team. She was a third-team All-Big Ten selection in 2013. Paige became the 23rd Badger to reach 1,000 career points in her senior season and currently ranks 18th in school history with 1,230 career points.
Paige graduated from Wisconsin in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in life sciences communication. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree from Iowa State in leadership and learning.
After graduating from Wisconsin, Paige spent a year playing professionally in Romania with CSM Craiova in Craiova, Romania.
Basketball is a way of life for Paige and her family. Her mother, Sherryl, was her high school coach, while her father, Ellis, worked extensively with both her and her brother, Marcus, to perfect their craft. Marcus is a 2016 graduate of the University of North Carolina and was selected by the Brooklyn Nets in the second round of the 2016 NBA Draft before being traded to the Utah Jazz. In March 2020, Paige was inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Basketball Hall of Fame.
