The Vogel File
Birthday: June 14
Hometown: St. Peter, Minn.
Alma Mater (Year): South Dakota State (2007)
Degree: Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (undergrad) |Â Sports Pedagogy (master's)
Coaching Experience:
2022-present: Associate head coach, Green Bay
2013-2022: Assistant coach, Green Bay
2010-13: Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, St. Cloud State
2009: Volunteer assistant coach, St. Peter High School
2009: Volunteer assistant coach, Minnesota State - Mankato
Playing career:
2008: WWK Donau Ries (German 1st League)
2008: Minnesota Lynx
2007: Washington Mystics
2003-07: South Dakota State
Honors and awards:
ESPN The Magazine All-American
2007 NCAA Woman of the Year Award finalist
Championships:
Six-time regular season champion (all as a coach)
Four-time conference tournament champion (all as a coach)
Worth noting:
She is the first SDSU alum to be selected in the WNBA Draft when she was selected 19th overall in the second round by the Washington Mystics in 2007.
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Megan Vogel is entering her 11th season on the sidelines for the Phoenix basketball program in 2023-24 and her second season as the Associate Head Coach. She is responsible for all player development, recruiting, scheduling, scouting, and on-the-court duties.
Since Vogel joined the staff in 2013-14, she has helped lead the program to a remarkable 237-74 (.762) and 149-29 (.837) Horizon League record, six Horizon League Regular Season Championships, four Horizon League Tournament Championships, and seven postseason berths, including four NCAA Tournament appearances. Vogel was also a key part in recruiting a Blue Star Basketball Top 50 nationally-ranked class in 2014.Â
Vogel has also recruited and developed 29 Horizon Leauge All-Conference Team selections, as well as one Player of the Year, three Defensive Players of the Year, two Freshman of the Year, and the 27th overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft.
Before coming to Titletown, Vogel served as an assistant coach at St. Cloud State University from 2010 to 2013, as well as head strength and conditioning coach, director of player development, academic coordinator, and community service coordinator.
The Saint Peter, MN native was a standout player at South Dakota State University, where she started all 120 contests during her four-year career. She finished second all-time on the program’s scoring list with 1,850 career points. In addition, she notched 194 career 3-point field goals and 783 career rebounds, good for the third- and fifth-best marks in program history.
After graduating from South Dakota State with a bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation, Vogel spent the 2007 season as an intern and practice player with the Washington Mystics of the WNBA, assisting with film breakdown and scouting opponents.
Vogel returned to South Dakota State in 2007 as a graduate assistant coach where she helped lead the program to a 23-7 record.
She also helped the WWK Donau Ries of the German 1st League achieve a 7-7 record while leading the team in scoring, averaging 18 points per game while leading the team and league in rebounds, averaging 12 rebounds per game.
