Bobby Morrison (American football)

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Bobby Morrison (born 1945) is a former American football player and coach. Morrison played college football at Findlay College. He coached college football for 31 years at seven programs, including Virginia, William & Mary, VMI, North Carolina State, LSU, Navy, and Michigan. [1] [2]

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Player

Morrison was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and graduated from Findlay College in 1967. He was a linebacker for the Findlay football team. [3]

Coach

In the early 1970s, Morrison was the linebackers coach at William & Mary. [4] During the 1974 and 1975 seasons, he was an assistant coach in charge of linebackers and, later, offensive guards and centers at the Virginia Military Institute. [5] In March 1976, he was hired as an assistant coach at North Carolina State under Bo Rein. [6]

In December 1978, when Bo Rein left NC State for LSU, he brought six of his assistant coaches, including Morrison, with him. [7] [8] From 1979 to 1981, Morrison was the inside linebackers coach at LSU. [9]

In 1982, Morrison joined the coaching staff at Navy and became the team's defensive coordinator. He remained at Navy through the 1986 season. [10]

He was an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan from 1987 to 2002. Hired in 1987 by Bo Schembechler, he served as the team's outside linebackers coach (1987-1994), offensive line coach (1995–1996), recruiting coordinator (1996–2002), and special teams coach (1997–2002). As Michigan's recruiting coordinator, he helped Michigan secure recruiting classes ranked in the top ten nationally in seven of eight years, including the top-rated recruiting class in 1998. [1] [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Morrison Takes Leave of Absence from U-M Football". University of Michigan. February 6, 2002.
  2. ↑ "Bobby Morrison To Retire". TheWolverine.com. February 6, 2002.
  3. ↑ "NCS Staff Filled". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 5, 1976.
  4. ↑ "Irish Prepare for Michigan". University of Notre Dame. August 30, 1999. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Keydets' Willison Lineman Of Week". Toledo Blade. October 8, 1974.
  6. ↑ "Morrison joins N.C. State staff". Star-News. March 5, 1976.
  7. ↑ "Rein takes State aides". Star-News. December 13, 1979.
  8. ↑ "Rein Names Four, Goes Recruiting". Schenectady Gazette. December 3, 1979.
  9. ↑ "LSU Football All-Time Assistant Coaches". LSU Sports.
  10. ↑ "Transactions". Times-Union. January 13, 1987.
  11. ↑ "Traveling takes toll, but it has benefits". The Detroit News. January 31, 1999.
  12. ↑ Taylor Bell (February 5, 1998). "Michigan reaps its reward: No. 1 Wolverines land nation's top recruiting class". Chicago Sun-Times.
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