Weber State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
This year will mark the fifth season for Stephanie Stanger-Hale as a full-time assistant coach at Weber State. Prior to that she spent one season as a student-assistant coach. Stanger-Hale’s duties at Weber State include team travel, setting up recruiting calendars, handling the individual development of the guards, scouting of opponents, and assisting Coach Taylor on the court.
Stanger-Hale was a four-year letter winner for Weber State from 1999-2002. As a senior she led the Wildcats to their first-ever Big Sky Championship and NCAA appearance. That year she became the first Wildcat ever to be named Big Sky Conference MVP and Big Sky Tournament MVP.
She ranks as the 11th all-time leading scoring in school history, totaling 1,126 points, four more than head coach Carla Taylor. Stanger-Hale is the Weber State all-time leader in free throw percentage at .842 for her career. She also holds the single-season for free throw percentage, shooting .895 during the 2000-01 season.
She ranks fifth all-time in three-pointers made with 145 and eighth in percentage at .323. She ranks fifth in assists with 350 for an average of 3.04 and is sixth in steals, averaging 1.21 per game. She played in 115 games during her career, the tenth most in Weber State history, and was a three-time Big Sky Conference All-Academic selection.
Stephanie was a 2003 graduate of Weber State University with a degree in Secondary Education. In July 2003 she married former Weber State football player Mike Hale.
She was inducted into the Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.
Off the court with Coach Stanger-Hale...
Birthdate: May 3, 1980
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah
Alma Mater: Weber State ?03
Dream vacation: Anywhere to see Dolly Parton in concert.
Craziest ambition: Write a book.
I would most like to have dinner with: Dolly Parton or Molly Shannon
In 20 years I plan to be: Retired and on a vacation somewhere.
Favorite food: broccoli or Grandma’s meatloaf.
Favorite movie: Somethings Gotta Give
Favorite TV show: Super Nanny
Favorite sports teams: Detroit Lions or whoever just beat the LA Lakers.
The CD I’m listening to right now: Kenny Rogers "Back to the Well".
My best basketball memory: Playing in the Big Sky Championship game my senior year and hearing the crowd cheering for us during the last few minutes of the game and having them rush the floor when we won.
Favorite CT quote: "Just do whatever you want to, you will anyway."
When I’m not coaching I’m most likely: Shopping or cleaning something.
