Biographical details | |
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Born | 1936 Seneca, Missouri, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1958–1960 | Tulsa |
Position(s) | Running back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1961 | Seneca HS (MO) (assistant) |
1962–1964 | Joplin HS (MO) (assistant) |
1965–1971 | Drake (OC/QB/WR) |
1972 | Louisville (OC/QB/WR) |
1973–1981 | Indiana (OC/QB/WR) |
1982 | Kansas (OC/QB) |
1983 | LSU (QB) |
1984–1985 | Birmingham Stallions (QB) |
1986–1990 | Michigan State (OC) |
1991 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (QB) |
1992–1994 | Michigan State (AHC/OC) |
1995–1998 | LSU (OC) |
1999–2002 | Michigan State (OC) |
2002 | Michigan State (interim HC) |
2003 | Mississippi State (OC) |
2007–2008 | Broken Arrow HS (OK) (OC) |
2009 | Miami (OH) (QB) |
2010 | Miami (OH) (OC/QB) |
2011–2013 | Central Michigan (PGC/QB) |
2014–2016 | Central Michigan (OC/QB) |
2017 | Arkansas (analyst) |
2018 | Texas Southern (OC/QB) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–2 |
Morris Watts (born 1936) is a former American football player and coach. Until his retirement in 2016, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Central Michigan University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, having joined the RedHawks coaching staff in 2009 as the quarterbacks coach. Morris served as the interim head coach at Michigan State University for the last three games of the 2002 season after Bobby Williams was fired, compiling a record of 1–2.
Morris served three stints at the offensive coordinator at Michigan State (1986–1990, 1992–1994, 1999–2002) and was an assistant coach at Drake University (1965–1971), the University of Louisville (1972), Indiana University (1973–1981), the University of Kansas (1982), Louisiana State University (1983, 1995–1998), and Mississippi State University (2003). He coached quarterbacks for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (USFL) from 1984 to 1985 and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1991. Before coming to Miami University, Watts spent two years at the offensive coordinator at Broken Arrow Senior High in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.