Arkansas head coach Chad Morris and Auburn’s Gus Malzahn chat during pregame warmups of their 2019 game in Fayetteville. Morris lasted not quite two full seasons with the Razorbacks but has re-emerged as Texas State’s passing game coordinator under G.J. Kinne, whom Morris coached as a quarterback at Tulsa.
SAN MARCOS — Chad Morris settled in inside his small cubicle in the south end zone football facility of Bobcat Stadium. The walls were all but barren, devoid of any family photos or mementos from a distinguished 27-year football coaching career.
A single, commemorative football from Clemson’s 31-23 win over Notre Dame last November, complete with signatures of that momentous victory in an uneven season, sat lonely atop a filing cabinet.
The names of dozens of Texas State football players were scribbled on the whiteboard next to a largely spotless desk. They are names Morris is still trying to quickly learn before spring training begins on March 21. That’s just one of many tasks that Morris, 55, is learning on the fly as he launches the next and less visible chapter of his largely successful coaching career, save a couple of outlier seasons in Fayetteville.
Chad Morris, you see, has pretty much come full circle.
He’s gone from football assistant to legendary Texas high school coach to rising head coach at SMU to a bewildering and bad, abbreviated two-year run at Arkansas to his new gig as an assistant coach. Quite the ride.
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As of January, he became the wide receivers coach and passing game offensive coordinator under Texas State head coach G.J. Kinne, a young man he used to coach at Tulsa when Morris was in charge of the Golden Hurricane quarterbacks.
“He’s just a really good coach,” said Kinne, 35, who’s embarking on his…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-03-10 11:02:23
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