Morgan Scalley

Morgan Scalley (born October 8, 1979) is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Utah. He also played college football at Utah, where he has spent the entirety of his coaching career.

Morgan Scalley
Current position
TitleDefensive coordinator
TeamUtah
ConferencePac-12
Biographical details
Born (1979-10-08) October 8, 1979
Salt Lake City, Utah
Playing career
2001–2004Utah
Position(s)Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007Utah (GA)
2008Utah (S)
2009–2014Utah (S/RC)
2015Utah (ST/S/RC)
2016–presentUtah (DC/S)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006Utah (admin asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Playing career

Scalley was a defensive back at Utah from 2001 to 2004. During his career at Utah, he was named an All-American, Mountain West co-defensive player of the year, a unanimous first-team all-conference safety, as well as a second-team All-Mountain West Conference in 2003 and a 2× Academic All-American.[1][2]

Coaching career

Utah

Scalley began working at Utah in 2006 as an administrative assistant before being named a graduate assistant in 2007. He was promoted to safeties coach in 2008, also assisting with special teams.[3] He added the title of recruiting coordinator in 2009, and also added special teams duties in 2015.[4]

Scalley was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2016 following the retirement of John Pease.[5]

As the lead strategist of the nation's top defenses, Scalley was named a Broyles Award finalist in 2019, an award given to the top assistant coach in college football.[6]

Suspension

Scalley admitted in June 2020 that he used a racial slur in a text to a recruit in 2020 and was promptly suspended by the university.[7] An investigation revealed that there were also two additional incidents where Scalley was accused of using racial stereotypes.[8] He was reinstated to his position as defensive coordinator after an external review by the university, but was reported to have taken a significant pay cut and the offer from the university to be its head-coach-in-waiting rescinded among other penalties.[9]

Personal life

Scalley is a member of the LDS church, and served on a mission to Munich, Germany before playing at Utah.[10] He and his wife Liz have three children: Madeline, Emma, and Andrew.

References
  1. "Smith, Scalley, Meyer Named Best in MWC". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. "2003 All-MWC Football Team Announced". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. "Morgan Scalley To Coach Ute Safeties". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  4. "Utah Football Fills Coaching Vacancies". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. "Pease retires, Utah names Scalley defensive coordinator". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  6. "Utah's Morgan Scalley is a finalist, but not the winner of the Broyles Award". Deseret News. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  7. "Utah DC Morgan Scalley suspended indefinitely for use of racial slur in 2013 text message". USA Today. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. "What were the details of the Morgan Scalley investigation?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. "Utah DC Morgan Scalley retains job, but takes pay cut, after review of racial slur". ESPN. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  10. "Utah DC Morgan Scalley's Childhood Friends Offer Thoughts On His Character". KSL Sports. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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