Ball State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Moriah.Monaco@bsu.edu
- Phone:
- 765-285-5819
Heading into the 2026-27 season, Monaco enters her sixth year on the Cardinals’ coaching staff. During her tenure, she has helped her alma mater reach historic heights, including the program's first-ever consecutive MAC regular-season titles in 2025 and 2026. Her impact was also felt during the 2024-25 campaign, which saw Ball State capture its second MAC Tournament championship and face Ole Miss in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Additionally, Monaco was instrumental in the record-breaking 2023-24 season, where the team achieved a program-best 28 wins and earned a spot in the inaugural WBIT.
Monaco returned to her alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at Malone University for the 2020-21 season. Prior to starting her coaching career with the Pioneers, Monaco played professionally overseas for the BBC Residence Walferdange in Luxembourg.
A two-time Second Team All-Mid-American Conference honoree as a student-athlete at Ball State, Monaco played in 126 games for the Cardinals, starting 96 of them. She would go on to lead the team in scoring (16.8 ppg) and blocks (49) as a senior.Monaco ended her career ranked sixth all-time in scoring (1,606) and in field goals made (567). She was fifth in field goal attempts (1,400), fourth in blocked shots (96), 15th in rebounds (623), second in 3-point field goals made (292), first in 3-point field goal attempts (821), tied for third in games play (127), and tied for 10th in games started (99). She also ranked eighth in minutes played (3,601).
Monaco scored in double figures 29 times in 2018. Her career-high for points scored in a game was 29 her senior year at Northern Illinois (1/27/18) .
She helped the Cardinals make history as a senior with an 11-0 non-conference start which marked the best start in program history. She was a part of four postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament teams, with the Cardinals advancing to the second round twice; once in 2018 and once in 2016. Monaco also helped the Cardinals defeat Big Ten foe Purdue (2017) and Iowa (2016) along with SEC member Vanderbilt in 2017.
Monaco earned her bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2018 from Ball State.
