[2] Dailey was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dailey played prep basketball at St. Peter the Apostle High School.
[3] Dailey graduated from Douglass College of Rutgers University in 1982.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in health and physical education.
[4][1] Dailey was hired as an assistant for UConn in 1985 and was promoted to associate head coach in 1988.