Kayla Scott joined the Mountaineer women's basketball staff in April 2023 as director of operations. She comes to Morgantown with 10 years of basketball operations and coaching experience at the NCAA Division I, II and Junior College levels.
Scott joins Mark Kellogg's staff following one season with the University of Arizona where she served a similar role as the Wildcats' director of basketball operations. There she controlled and planned all aspects of team travel, budgeting and meals while assisting with donor relations, community service and weekly and yearly scheduling of the program.
Before Arizona, Scott spent six seasons as the director of basketball operations at Stephen F. Austin. She served on Kellogg’s staff in Nacogdoches during a successful tenure that included six straight 23-win seasons, back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, two regular-season conference championships and a Southland Tournament championship.
The Texas native managed SFA’s team travel, budgeting, scheduling and on-campus visits among other duties during her time with the Ladyjacks. Prior to her tenure at SFA, Scott spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Cameron University and Western Texas College.
Scott is a 2013 graduate of Howard Payne University where she was a member of the Yellow Jackets’ women’s basketball program. As a guard, Scott appeared in 92 games in her career and was a three-time selection to the American Southwest Conference’s All-Academic Team.
