University of Hartford

Hailee Barron enters her fifth season as an assistant coach for the women's basketball program at the University of Hartford in 2024-25.

Barron is currently in her second stint as an assistant coach after spending three seasons (2019-22), with the Hawks women's basketball program in her first go-around.

Barron came to Hartford initially by way of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A member of the Badgers’ women’s basketball team’s coaching staff as a graduate assistant, she assisted with the program’s social media initiatives and the day-to-day office duties.

Barron was a four-year letter winner at James Madison University, where she played in 132 games for her career, which ties for sixth in program history. As a guard, she drained 129 three-point field goals to rank 10th all time for the Dukes. Barron scored 522 points during her career, averaging 4.0 points per game while adding 2.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest.
 
A native of Burlington, Vermont, Barron scored nearly 1,200 points in her career at Rice High School. A First Team All-State honoree in 2014, she also was a member of the soccer and track and field teams during her high school career.
 
Barron graduated from James Madison in 2018 with a degree in health sciences. At Wisconsin, she studied educational leadership and policy analysis with a concentration in athletic administration.

She resides in West Hartford, where she is also a basketball skills trainer for Revolution Basketball Training.