Stacey Dales was raised in Ontario, Canada.

She is a former basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA since the expansion draft of 2006. She also served as a men's and women's college basketball analyst, as well as a sideline reporter for college football games on ESPN.

She led her University of Oklahoma team to the 2002 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game, won by the University of Connecticut. 

On April 5, 2008 Dales announced her retirement from the WNBA for the second time.

On August 31, 2009 the NFL Network announced that Dales would be co-host of Gameday Morning.