Morgan Bitting - Field Hockey Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Morgan Bitting

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
bittingm@udel.edu
Phone:
302-831-0881

Morgan Bitting was hired as an assistant coach with the University of Delaware field hockey program during the spring of 2021.

Bitting comes to Newark from Randolph-Macon, where she served as an assistant coach since July, 2019. Her main role with the Yellow Jackets was instructing forwards and midfielders, and the team more than doubled its number of goals per game during her lone season.

Randolph-Macon ranked third in the league in goals and hosted a conference tournament quarterfinal match for the first time in five years during Bitting's season in Ashland.

While at Randolph-Macon, Bitting furthered her education at the Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Sport Leadership after receiving the prestigious Heidrick Family Leadership Post Graduate Scholarship, which is given to individuals who are leaders within Duke Athletics and who have used that influence to enhance the community as a whole.

She also served as administrator and coach of the Focus Field Hockey Club in Williamsburg since August, 2019.

Bitting earned her sociology degree in 2019 at Duke, where she was a three-year starter with the Blue Devils. Duke advanced to the NCAA semifinals during her freshman year, and captured the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title in her sophomore campaign.

Bitting appeared in 84 career games while making 63 starts, finishing her career with 11 assists and two goals. She served as the team's field captain her senior season and represented the Blue Devils in the NFHCA Division I Senior Game after leading Duke to its fourth consecutive NCAA Quarterfinals appearance. She capped off her career by being honored with the Stef Fee Duke True Award for her display of all-around leadership, work ethic and dedication to Duke field hockey.

Off the field, Bitting earned a spot on the Dean's List, ACC Academic Honor Roll and NFHCA National Academic Squad during each of her four seasons. She was recognized as an NFHCA Scholar of Distinction in her freshman and junior campaigns. She served internship roles with student-athlete development, marketing, sports information and compliance in the Duke athletic department. Additionally, she served as an event chair for the annual Duke STARS program and was a mentor for the First Year ACTION program, and was a member of the Duke Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as well.

Bitting also served in multiple key roles as a staff member and coach at Duke Field Hockey camps in Durham, as well as a performance coach at Powertrain Sports and Fitness in her home state of Pennsylvania.

Prior to her tenure at Duke, Bitting was a member of the U.S. U19 and U17 junior national teams, earning selections to the U19 Junior National Camp in 2017 and the U17 Junior National Camp in 2012 and 2013. While at Lower Dauphin High School, Bitting won state titles as a sophomore and a junior. She was a two-time NFHCA All-American, three-time Pennsylvania Region and All-State team member, and was also named the 2013 Mid-Penn Player of the Year during her junior season.