Morgan Tuck’s future with the Connecticut Sun may have been up in the air amid the franchise’s blockbuster relocation, but there is now some clarity. 

As shared by UConn women’s basketball beat reporter Maggie Vanoni, the former UConn star and current Connecticut Sun general manager Morgan Tuck will relocate with the team to Houston and continue in her role as GM. 

“The plan is that I’m going to Houston, and I’m excited about that and looking forward to it,” Tuck said in a Zoom interview with CT Insider on Tuesday. “It’s something that we’re still kind of working through. I think all of the aspects of what Houston will look like,  it’s been a lot trying to kind of get through that during a season. Luckily, we have a long offseason, so we have some time to get it figured out. But I’m very excited about the future.” 

“I’m excited about that, to kind of be able to keep the vision going with our team and keep the pedals going and the wheels turning,” she added.

In May, the WNBA and NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Connecticut Sun by the Mohegan Tribe to Tilman J. Fertitta, owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, for a record-breaking $300 million. As a result, the team will relocate to Houston and rebrand as the Houston Comets, reviving the league’s historic four-time championship dynasty that folded in 2008, and operating as a sister organisation to the Rockets.

With that relocation confirmed, Tuck’s continuation as general manager provides important front office continuity for a franchise entering a significant new chapter. Tuck was first hired as Director of Franchise Development in 2021, shortly after retiring from her playing career. She was then promoted to Assistant General Manager in 2022, a role she held for two years before being elevated to GM in 2024 at just 30 years old. That made her the youngest general manager in WNBA history at the time of her appointment.

Since taking over, Tuck’s tenure has been defined by bold and strategic roster reconstruction. Her very first move as GM came just one day after her promotion, hiring French coach Rachid Meziane to replace departing veteran coach Stephanie White. 

In March 2025, Tuck also navigated the departure of veteran guard Natasha Cloud by orchestrating a trade with the New York Liberty, securing the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft and a 2026 first-round pick in return, giving the Sun multiple first-round picks for the first time since 2016. This 2026 season, she also brought in veteran centre Brittney Griner, secured a rookie-scale contract for centre Reagan Beers, and recently gave guard Hailey Van Lith a brief late-season stint on a seven-day contract.

However, those moves have not yet translated into on-court results. The Sun endured a difficult 11-33 season in 2025 and are on course to miss the playoffs again in 2026, currently second-to-last in the league standings. With the team now transitioning into a new city and a new identity as the Houston Comets, Tuck will be looking to use the extended offseason to make the kinds of substantive front office decisions that can shift the franchise’s trajectory heading into 2027. 

Morgan Tuck Faces Crucial Decisions Ahead of Houston Comets’ 2027 Debut

Morgan Tuck is heading into one of the most consequential offseasons of her tenure, and perhaps the most defining period of her career as a general manager. With the franchise relocating to Houston and rebranding as the Comets, the decisions she makes between now and the start of the 2027 season will shape what this team becomes for years to come.

The most immediate and potentially franchise-defining opportunity is the 2027 WNBA Draft. After enduring two consecutive difficult seasons, finishing 11th in 2025 and currently sitting second-to-last in the overall league standings, the Connecticut Sun are entering the offseason with one of the highest odds of securing the No. 1 overall pick in the 2027 Draft lottery. That is not a burden. For a franchise in the middle of a rebuild and a relocation, it is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

If the lottery goes their way, Tuck will be tasked with selecting the foundational face of the new Houston Comets. The 2027 class will feature elite, franchise-altering collegiate talent, with names like JuJu Watkins, Hannah Hidalgo, and Madison Booker headlining a group that could genuinely transform the direction of whichever team gets first access to them. Securing that pick and scouting the class thoroughly is Tuck’s most critical front office responsibility between now and draft night.

Alongside the draft, Tuck will also need to address the long-term leadership of the sideline. Following two rebuilding seasons under Rachid Meziane, who brought extensive international credentials but has yet to translate them into a winning record, she faces a significant decision about whether to retain him as the coach to usher the Comets into Houston, or whether there’s need for a new voice to begin a new chapter in a new city.

Player personnel decisions will be equally demanding. Tuck must determine which players from the Connecticut era fit the long-term vision in Texas. That includes deciding whether to re-sign or facilitate sign-and-trade scenarios for high-profile veterans like Brittney Griner, and how to strategically continue building around young centrepieces like Diamond Miller and Reagan Beers, who represent the kind of developmental talent a successful long-term rebuild requires.

The foundation is not yet in place for the Houston Comets to compete immediately. But the combination of a potential No. 1 pick, a meaningful offseason window, and the cultural reset that a new city and a revived championship identity can offer gives Tuck genuine building blocks to work with. The decisions she makes in the months ahead will determine whether the Houston Comets announce their arrival in 2027 as a franchise with a real direction, or whether the rebuild continues into yet another season. Everything from here is in her hands.

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