Raheem Morris

Raheem Morris (born September 3, 1976) is the current defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Morris is currently in his second stint with the Bucs after spending a season as Kansas States defensive coordinator coach.

Early Coaching Career

Morris began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Hofstra University in 1998, where he was responsible for coaching the offensive scout team, developing scouting reports and handling video breakdown and computer input and analysis. In 1999 he was hired by Cornell University as there defensive backs coach and special teams assistant. After 1999 he went back to Hofstra to be defensive back coach. Also in 2001 he spent time as defensive minority internship with the New York Jets

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Before the 2002 season he was hired by the Bucs to become there defensive quality control coach, where he helped them have the top-ranked defense and win the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl, beating the Oakland Raiders 48-21 in Super Bowl XXXVII. In 2003 he became a defensive assistant. From 2004-2005 he was hired as the assistant defensive backs coach. After 2005 he went to Kansas State to be there defensive coordinator. Before the 2007 season he returned to the Bucs to be there defensive backs coach replacing Greg Burns. During his four seasons in Tampa Bay, the Bucs have finished ranked in the top five in the NFL in total defense every year, including No. 1 rankings in 2002 and 2005. Additionally, the defense finished as the top-ranked pass defense on two occasions (2002 and 2004) and never ranked lower than sixth while Morris was on the staff.

Kansas State

Morris spent only one season with the Kansas State Wildcats (2006). He helped improve the defense in several statistical categories including total defense, scoring defense and pass defense.

References

* [http://www.buccaneers.com/team/coachdetail.aspx?listid=coaches&coach=Morris,Raheem Official Bio at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Official Site]