Utah State University Athletics

Haley Langstraat is in her first season at Utah State as director of basketball operations in 2026-27.

Langstraat joins the Aggies after spending the past five seasons on Jacobson’s staff at Northern Iowa. She is the third addition to Utah State’s 2025-26 staff, joining assistant coaches PJ Hogan and Gameli Ahelegbe, who each also came from Northern Iowa. 

A native of Basehor, Kansas, Langstraat began her time at UNI as assistant director of basketball operations in 2021 before being promoted to director of basketball operations in 2024. In that role, she assisted with organizing team practices and travel schedules, including coordination with hotels and scheduling team meals. She supported the coaches in organizing team class schedules and recruiting calendars, as well as overseeing the team’s managers. 

Langstraat also spent four years as a student manager for the Panthers as an undergraduate. 

Langstraat graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 2021 with a degree in recreating, tourism and nonprofit leadership.