Morris Lolar

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Morris Lolar
Current position
Title Cornerbacks coach
Team Southeast Missouri State
Conference OVC
Biographical details
Born(1970-12-18)December 18, 1970
Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
1989 Minnesota
1990–1992 Friends
1993–1996 Edmonton Eskimos
1997–1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Position(s) Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999 Friends (DB)
2000–2002 Wichita Northwest HS (KS) (DB)
2003–2005 Wichita North HS (KS) (DC)
2006 Texas A&M–Commerce (DB)
2007–2008 Wichita East HS (KS) (DC)
2009–2012Friends (DB)
2009–2011 Wichita Wild (assistant)
2011Wichita Wild (interim HC)
2012–2013Wichita Wild
2013 Northwest Mississippi (ST/DB)
2014 Independence (DC)
2015–2017 Bethel (KS)
2018 Defiance (DC/LB)
2019 Montreal Alouettes (DB)
2020–2021 Dodge City CC (DB)
2022 Mary Hardin–Baylor (DB)
2023 Missouri Valley (DC/DB)
2024–present Southeast Missouri State (CB)
Head coaching record
Overall7–23 (college)
26–11 (indoor football)

Morris Lolar (born December 18, 1970) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He is the cornerbacks coach for Southeast Missouri State University, a position he has held since 2024. [1] Lolar served as the head football coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas from 2015 to 2017, compiling a record of 7–23. [2] [3] He was the head coach for the Wichita Wild of the Indoor Football League from 2011 to 2013.

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Lolar began his college football playing career at the University of Minnesota before transferring to Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. [4] He played for all or part of five CFL seasons, first with the Edmonton Eskimos and then with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. [5]

Lolar also coached for his alma mater Friends, Wichita Northwest High School, Wichita North High School, Texas A&M–Commerce, Wichita East High School, Northwest Mississippi Community College, [6] Independence Community College, Defiance, the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL), [7] Dodge City Community College, [8] Mary Hardin–Baylor, [9] and Missouri Valley. [10]

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Bethel Threshers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2015–2017)
2015 Bethel3–73–6T–5th
2016 Bethel3–73–67th
2017 Bethel1–91–810th
Bethel:7–237–20
Total:7–23

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References

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