Morgan Warburton-Nelson

  • Title
    Women's Basketball Assistant Coach - Athletic Camps Director
  • Email
    morgan.nelson@usu.edu
  • Office Phone
    435-613-5293

Morgan is entering her seventh year as an assistant coach for Utah State University Eastern and plays a major role in the program's recruiting and success.

Coach Neslon also is the camps director for all sports at Utah State Eastern.

Before Utah State Eastern, University of Utah's All-American Morgan Warburton-Nelson served as Utah's video coordinator for four years.

Warburton-Nelson earned honorable mention All-America honors from both the Associated Press and WBCA during her senior season. The 2009 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and three-time first-team All-MWC player ended her career with 1,886 career points, which ranks sixth all-time at Utah. She set several school records for free-throw shooting, including career percentage (88.3), free throws in a season (161), free throws in a game (16) and season percentage (90.4) and ranks second in career free throws (439).

Warburton-Nelson became the fourth WNBA draftee in Utah history when she was a third-round pick by the Sacramento Monarchs in 2009. She spent two years playing in a Spanish league.

Warburton-Nelson married Tyler Nelson in May 2012 and together the couple have one son, Grady.