Southern Utah University Athletics

Hailey Ferry is in her sixth season as an assistant coach for the Southern Utah women's basketball team.

Before returning to Southern Utah to join the coaching staff, Mandelko was the head girls basketball coach at Lexington High School in Lexington, Nebraska.

Ferry played collegiate basketball for Southern Utah from 2011-2015 and was a big part of the 2013-14 Big Sky Champion Lady T-Birds, setting a top-five record for points in a season (467), top-eight record for free throw percentage in a season (84.5%), and earning a Big Sky All-Conference First Team selection in her junior season.

Ferry finished her career as a Thunderbird ranking fifth all-time in points scored (1,225), fourth all-time in free throw percentage (81.3%), and eighth all-time in three-point field goal percentage (35.1%).

Hailey is also top-10 in SUU history in total field goals made, and is second in three-point field goals made with 203 in her career.

Ferry graduated from Southern Utah University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and human performance.

While at SUU

2022-23:

• SUU finished the year with a 23-10 record, including the most conference victories in program history with a 16-2 effort in Western Athletic Conference play.
• Helped the Thunderbirds claim the WAC regular season title and WAC tournament championship.
• Southern Utah earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
• This marked the fourth straight winning season for Southern Utah.

2021-22:

• SUU reached the 18-win mark for the second time during Mandelko's time on staff.
• Also helped the Thunderbirds secure 14 conference victories, the second-most in program history.
• First time since 1993-96 that Southern Utah had three consecutive winning seasons.

2020-21:

• In a shortened season, helped Southern Utah to an overall record of 11-9, including a 6-5 record in the Big Sky Conference.

2019-20:

• Helped Southern Utah to their highest overall win total (18) and most conference victories (11) since the 2013-14 season.
• SUU had their second-highest scoring season in program history, amassing 2,186 points over 31 contests, averaging 70.5 points per game.
• Southern Utah also set a new program record for three-pointers made in a season, drilling 197 shots from beyond the arc.
• Mandelko assisted in the development of Rebecca Cardenas. Cardenas made immense improvements from her junior to senior season. She finished her senior year as the Big Sky's leading scorer at 17 points per contest and was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year in the Conference on top of earning First-Team All-Big Sky honors.

2018-19:

• Joined the SUU staff along with Coach Sanders in her first season at the helm of the program. 
• Assisted in the development of guard play, scouting, and is the team's defensive coordinator.
• Helped Southern Utah double their conference win total from the previous season, and achieve their most overall victories since the 2014-15 season.
• SUU also won their first Big Sky Conference Tournament game since the 2014-15 season and picked up non-conference victories over BYU, San Diego, and Utah Valley.