Sport(s) Basketball 1974–1978 Gonzaga (asst.) Record 402–156 (.720) 1978–1986 Montana (asst.) | 1970–1972 Ricks College Name Stew Morrill 1972–1974 Gonzaga Role Basketball Coach | |
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Born July 25, 1952 (age 71)
Provo, Utah ( 1952-07-25 ) Team Utah State Aggies men's basketball Education Brigham Young University–Idaho, Gonzaga University Similar People Preston Medlin, Jarred Shaw, Tai Wesley, Larry Eustachy, Danny Berger | ||
Usu s stew morrill on espn
Stewart Morrill (born July 25, 1952) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach of the Utah State University men's basketball team. Morrill was an All-American at Ricks College and a two-time All-Big Sky selection for Gonzaga University. He started his coaching career in 1974 as an assistant at Gonzaga and later for the University of Montana under Mike Montgomery. In 1987, he became the head coach of the Grizzlies and led them to an NCAA berth in 1991. Morrill coached at Colorado State University from 1992 to 1998 before resigning and taking the coaching job at Utah State University.
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- Usu s stew morrill on espn
- Usu men s basketball head coach stew morrill interview mw basketball media day
- Coaching tree
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Morrill and Utah State gained national attention in March 2001 for their upset overtime victory over Ohio State 77–68 in the NCAA Tournament.
On January 17, 2008, in an 82–78 victory over Boise State University, Morrill logged his 226th Aggie victory, passing E. Lowell Romney to become the winningest coach in Utah State basketball history.
Morrill has a record of 602–281 overall (.682), and 384–143 (.729) with Utah State. His 500th win came in a victory in Moscow, Idaho, on January 23, 2010 over Idaho, which is coached by his former assistant, Don Verlin. He has also racked up an incredible home record of 193–13 (.937) in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum as coach of the Aggies. Following a March 8, 2009 victory over San Jose State University, Stew Morrill became the only coach in Utah State history to have back-to-back undefeated seasons at home, extending the streak to 34 straight home wins. He is also the only Utah State coach to win thirty games in one season, a feat he accomplished in the 2008–09 season, and the 2010-11 season. During the 2009–10 season, he became the only Utah State basketball coach to win three straight regular season conference championships. The next year, he won his fourth straight regular season conference championship. Although he has a very impressive regular season record, he has the second worst tournament record in NCAA history 1-9 (.111) for any coach that has made the NCAA tournament five or more times. He also has a record of 0-6 in the NIT tournament.
With Morrill at the helm, the Aggies were one of only three Division I teams to have won at least 23 games in each of the last twelve seasons. The other schools are Gonzaga and Kansas. Over the past eleven years under Morrill, Utah State (.764) had the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation behind Duke (.831), Kansas (.809) and Gonzaga (.799).
All of his former assistants have had immediate success as head coaches at their respective schools.
On January 9, 2015, USU announced that Stew would retire at the end of the 2014-2015 season.
Usu men s basketball head coach stew morrill interview mw basketball media day
Coaching tree
These former assistant coaches or players of Morrill later became head coaches at the high school level or higher: