- Dwane Morrison
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Dwane Morrison Sport(s) Basketball Playing career 1948–1950
1950–1952Campbellsville Junior College
South CarolinaCoaching career (HC unless noted) 1963-1964
1964
1964-1970
1970-1973
1973-1981South Carolina (Asst.)
South Carolina
Georgia Tech (Asst.)
Mercer
Georgia TechHead coaching record Overall 143–152 Accomplishments and honors Awards 1977 Metro Conference Coach of the Year Dwane Morrison is a retired American college basketball player and coach. He is best known as the coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1973 to 1981. He is also the son of former Major League pitcher Johnny "Jughandle" Morrison.[1]
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College
Morrison, a 6'3 guard from Owensboro, Kentucky, played basketball for two years at Campbellsville Junior College (now Campbellsville University) before transferring to the University of South Carolina.[2] In his senior year of 1951–52, Morrison led the Gamecocks with a 19.8 scoring average and was selected second team All-Southern Conference.[3]
Coach
South Carolina
After his playing days ended, Morrison turned to coaching. After coaching high school basketball for several years, he landed at his alma mater, South Carolina, as freshman coach and assistant to head coach Chuck Noe in 1963. His college coaching career accelerated when Noe resigned due to exhaustion midway through the season. Morrison was named interim head coach for the last 12 games of the season, leading the Gamecocks to a 4-8 record down the stretch. After the season, South Carolina hired future Hall of Fame coach Frank McGuire, ending Morrison's tenure as head coach of the Gamecocks.[4]
Georgia Tech
Morrison landed at Georgia Tech as an assistant to John "Whack" Hyder. He spent 6 years with the Yellow Jackets before getting his next shot as a head coach at Mercer University. After a successful three-year stint at Mercer (48-22), Morrison had the opportunity to succeed his former mentor Hyder as head coach at Georgia Tech. Morrison led the Yellow Jackets for eight years from 1973 to 1981, a period which saw the school move from Independent status to the new Metro Conference, back to independent status and finally led their transition to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Unfortunately, Morrison's two years in the ACC were not successful, as his teams went 1-27 in league play over the two-year span. Morrison was fired and replaced by Bobby Cremins. His overall record at Georgia Tech was 91-122.[5]
Collegiate coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason South Carolina (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1963–1964) 1964 South Carolina 4–8 4–6 4th South Carolina: 4–8 (.333) 4–6 (.400) Mercer (Independent) (1970–1973) 1970–71 Mercer 14–9 1971–72 Mercer 19–7 NCAA Men's Division II Regional Semifinal 1972–73 Mercer 15–6 Mercer: 48–22 (.686) Georgia Tech (Independent) (1973–1975) 1973–74 Georgia Tech 5–21 1974–75 Georgia Tech 11–15 Georgia Tech: 16–36 (.308) Georgia Tech (Metro Conference) (1975–1978) 1975–76 Georgia Tech 13–14 0–1 5th 1976–77 Georgia Tech 18–10 3–3 T-3rd 1977–78 Georgia Tech 15–12 6–6 T-4th Georgia Tech: 46–36 (.561) 9–10 (.474) Georgia Tech (Independent) (1978–1979) 1978–79 Georgia Tech 17–9 Georgia Tech: 17–9 (.654) Georgia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1979–1981) 1979–80 Georgia Tech 8–18 1–13 8th 1980–81 Georgia Tech 4–23 0–14 8th Georgia Tech: 12–41 (.226) 1–27 (.036) Georgia Tech (total): 91–122 (.427) 10–37 (.213) Total: 143–152 (.485) National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
- ^ Oscar Fraley (January 22, 1952). "Pro Coaches Choice Team selected". Greensburg Daily Tribune. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=po9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e0ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=2582,5877328&dq=dwane-morrison+south+carolina&hl=en. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ Jim Foster (January 26, 1964). "Young coach "off" the spot". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q3osAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U8wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4024,3046789&dq=dwane-morrison+campbellsville&hl=en. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ 2008-09 South Carolina men's basketball media guide, page 134
- ^ Evan Bussey (March 13, 1964). "Award for Morrison". The News and Courier. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=551IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mgoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2659,2293129&dq=dwane-morrison+chuck+noe&hl=en. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ 2010-11 Georgia Tech men's basketball media guide, page 119
South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball head coaches J. H. Brown (1908–1909) • F. E. Schofield (1909–1910) • No coach (1910–1911) • James G. Driver (1911–1913) • John Blackburn (1913–1914) • L. W. Hill (1914–1915) • Charles Farrell (1915–1916) • Dixon Foster (1916–1920) • Sol Metzger (1920–1921) • Lana Sims (1921–1922) • Jack Crawford (1922–1924) • Branch Bocock (1924–1927) • A. Burnet Stoney (1927–1928) • A. W. Norman (1928–1932) • Billy Laval (1932–1933) • A. W. Norman (1933–1935) • Ted Petoskey (1935–1940) • Frank Johnson (1940–1942) • Rex Enright (1942–1943) • Henry Findley (1943–1944) • Johnny McMillan (1944–1945) • Frank Johnson (1945–1958) • Walt Hambrick (1958–1959) • Bob Stevens (1959–1962) • Chuck Noe (1962–1964) • Dwane Morrison # (1964) • Frank McGuire (1964–1980) • Bill Foster (1980–1986) • George Felton (1986–1991) • Steve Newton (1991–1993) • Eddie Fogler (1993–2001) • Dave Odom (2001–2008) • Darrin Horn (2008– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Mercer Bears men's basketball head coaches C. C. McClure (1908–1909) • Homes Maxon (1909–1910) • C. C. Stroud (1910–1913) • J. J. Scully (1913–1915) • Unknown (1915–1916) • J. C. Clements (1916–1917) • Charles Morgan (1917–1918) • Unknown (1918–1919) • J. C. Clements (1919–1920) • Unknown (1920–1921) • John Cody (1921–1923) • M. P. Gilliam (1923–1925) • John M. King (1925–1926) • Bernie Moore (1926–1928) • Oscar Long (1928–1929) • Lake Russell (1929–1930) • Smokey Harper (1930–1931) • No team (1931–1932) • Lake Russell (1932–1934) • Jimmy Slocum (1934–1936) • Lake Russell (1936–1939) • Jimmy Daugherty (1939–1940) • No team (1940–1944) • Cliff Snow (1944–1945) • No team (1945–1946) • James Cowan (1946–1951) • Dan Nymicz (1951–1953) • James Cowan (1953–1956) • Robert Wilder (1956–1970) • Dwane Morrison (1970–1973) • Joe Dan Gold (1973–1974) • Bill Bibb (1974–1989) • Brad Siegfried (1989–1991) • Bill Hodges (1991–1997) • Mark Slonaker (1997–2008) • Bob Hoffman (2008– )
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball head coaches Chapman (1906) • No team (1906–1908) • John Heisman (1908–1914) • No team (1914–1920) • William Alexander (1920) • Joe Bean (1921) • William Alexander (1922–1924) • Harold Hansen (1925–1926) • Roy Mundorff (1926–1943) • Dwight Keith (1944–1946) • Roy McArthur (1946–1951) • John Hyder (1951–1973) • Dwane Morrison (1973–1981) • Bobby Cremins (1981–2000) • Paul Hewitt (2000–2011) • Brian Gregory (2011– )
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