Whitney Bower joined the Stanford staff as an assistant coach in January 2026.
Bower came to The Farm after serving as the Director of Scouting and Player Personnel at the University of Utah for the 2025 season.
A three-time AVCA All-America setter at BYU, she has additional coaching experience as an assistant at the College of Southern Idaho. She has also assisted her former club, Idaho Crush Volleyball, in a variety of roles, including as an assistant coach of the club's elite teams. In 2024, she helped guide the club's 15s team to a National Championship at USAV's Junior Olympics.
In addition to All-America honors, Bower earned multiple AVCA Southwest All-Region accolades as well as All-Big 12 first team while at BYU. She also earned West Coast Conference Player of the Year and Setter of the Year honors before the Cougars switched to the Big 12.
She finished her collegiate career as the all-time rally-scoring era assists record holder, tallying 4,583. She finished her career first all-time in the BYU record books in sets played, second in service aces and third in total digs.
Bower was drafted to the Professional Volleyball Federation's Atlanta Vibe as the ninth overall pick ahead of the 2024 season. She helped the Vibe to a 19-5 regular season record, giving Atlanta the first Professional Volleyball Federation regular season championship.
A native of Nampa, Idaho, Bower was one of Idaho's most decorated volleyball players as a setter at Skyview High School, leading the Hawks to back-to-back state championships. Bower also comes from a volleyball family. Among her six sisters, three played collegiate volleyball, including Eden Bower (Auburn) and Alex Bower (BYU).
Bower graduated from BYU in 2023 with a degree in exercise science.