After graduation, Valley spent one season as a student assistant with the Huskies before taking her first full-time coaching position at
Holy Cross. After assistant coaching stops at
New Hampshire and
Towson, Valley had a four year stint as assistant coach under
Sharon Dawley at
UMass. After an assistant coaching stop at
Virginia Tech, Valley joined the coaching staff at
Washington where she was part of the Washington Huskies
2016 Final Four run. From 2017 to 2019, Valley was on staff at
Arizona, until April 19, 2019 when she was named the ninth head coach in Hartford history, replacing
Kim McNeill, who accepted a similar position at
East Carolina. On April 21, 2021, it was announced that Valley would be returning to UConn as an assistant coach replacing
Shea Ralph. ==Head coaching record==