Mark Morris (ice hockey)

Mark Morris
Mark Morris
	Morris in 2006
Born	March 31, 1958 (age 65); Massena, NY, USA
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Defense
Played for	New Haven Nighthawks (AHL); Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1981–1984
	Coaching career
Playing career
1977–1981	Colgate
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1985	Union (assistant)
1985–1988	St. Lawrence (assistant)
1988–2002	Clarkson
2003	Vancouver Canucks (assistant)
2003–2004	Saginaw Spirit (assistant)
2004–2006	Northwood School Prep
2006–2014	Manchester Monarchs
2014–2015	Florida Panthers (assistant)
2015–2016	Charlotte Checkers
2016–2019	St. Lawrence
Head coaching record
Overall	337–225–53 (.591)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1991 ECAC Hockey Regular Season ; 1991 ECAC Hockey Tournament ; 1993 ECAC Hockey Tournament ; 1995 ECAC Hockey Regular Season ; 1997 ECAC Hockey Regular Season; 1999 ECAC Hockey Regular Season; 1999 ECAC Hockey Tournament; 2001 ECAC Hockey Regular Season
Awards
	1991 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year ; 2001 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year

Last updated October 08, 2023

Mark Morris (born March 31, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was the head coach of St. Lawrence from 2016-2019, succeeding Greg Carvel who departed for UMass.

Career

Morris played four seasons (1981 – 1984) of professional hockey, mostly with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he scored 9 goals and 33 assists for 42 points, with 146 penalty minutes, in 156 AHL games played.

Following his playing career, Morris turned to coaching and found his way to Clarkson. He became the Golden Knights most successful coach winning more games, regular season titles, tournament titles and reaching more NCAA tournaments than anyone in school history.^[1]

In November 2002, Morris was fired three games into the 2002-03 season following an on-ice incident with one of his own players. Clarkson president Denny Brown said that in light of both the incident and Morris' refusal to take part in an internal investigation that had taken place, Clarkson had no choice but to fire Morris immediately.^[2]

In professional hockey, Morris began his professional coaching career under Marc Crawford, serving from February 2003 to April 2003 as the Special Assistant Coach/Interim Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. Then, after a two-year stint at a prep school in Lake Placid, Morris landed a job with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League in 2006. He spent eight years as head coach, compiling a record of 339-223-67, making him the only coach in history with over 300 wins in both the college and professional ranks.^[3]

In 2016 Morris returned to the college game, taking over at St. Lawrence, which is less than 10 miles from Clarkson University, and attempted to try and continue the success he had in the 1990s. After a good first season Morris found himself mired in an NCAA investigation that alleged multiple serious rules violations but after three months he was cleared on all but one minor infraction.^[4] In his third season Morris posted the second-worst record in program history, including the most losses for any Saints team, and was unsurprisingly fired at the end of the postseason.^[5]

Head coaching record

College^[6]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC Hockey)(1988–2003)
1988–89	Clarkson	16–13–3	13–7–2	4th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1989–90	Clarkson	21–11–3	12–7–3	t-3rd	ECAC Semifinals
1990–91	Clarkson	29–9–2	15–5–2	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
1991–92	Clarkson	22–10–1	16–6–1	t-2nd	ECAC Semifinals
1992–93	Clarkson	20–10–5	12–6–4	t-3rd	NCAA East regional quarterfinals
1993–94	Clarkson	20–9–5	13–5–4	2nd	ECAC third-place game (win)
1994–95	Clarkson	23–10–4	14–5–3	1st	NCAA East regional quarterfinals
1995–96	Clarkson	25–10–3	16–4–2	2nd	NCAA East regional semifinals
1996–97	Clarkson	27–10–0	17–5–0	1st	NCAA East regional semifinals
1997–98	Clarkson	23–9–3	16–4–2	2nd	NCAA East regional quarterfinals
1998–99	Clarkson	25–11–1	18–4–0	1st	NCAA East regional semifinals
1999–00	Clarkson	17–15–3	9–8–3	t-4th	ECAC Four vs. Five
2000–01	Clarkson	21–11–3	15–5–2	1st	ECAC Quarterfinals
2001–02	Clarkson	17–15–6	11–6–5	2nd	ECAC third-place game (loss)
2002–03 †	Clarkson	0–3–0 †	0–1–0 †
Clarkson:		306–156–42	198–78–34
St. Lawrence Saints (ECAC Hockey)(2016–2019)
2016–17	St. Lawrence	17–13–7	12–6–4	4th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2017–18	St. Lawrence	8–27–2	3–18–1	12th	ECAC first round
2018–19	St. Lawrence	6–29–2	3–17–2	12th	ECAC first round
St. Lawrence:		31–69–11	18–41–7
Total:		337–225–53
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

† Morris was fired mid-season ^[7]

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References

↑ "Clarkson Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
↑ http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college-hockey-coach-mark-morris-one-of-a-kind/-->]
↑ http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college-hockey-coach-mark-morris-one-of-a-kind/-->]
↑ "College hockey: SLU head coach Morris cleared of nearly all improprieties". Watertown Daily Times. February 7, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
↑ "St. Lawrence Fires Mark Morris". College Hockey news. March 29, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
↑ "Mark Morris Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
↑ "2013–14 Clarkson hockey Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college-hockey-coach-mark-morris-one-of-a-kind/

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com , or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Terry Slater Don Vaughan	Tim Taylor Award 1990–91 2000–01	Succeeded by Tim Taylor Mike Schafer

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[1] "Clarkson Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

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[3] ttp://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college-hockey-coach-mark-morris-one-of-a-kind/-->]

[4] "College hockey: SLU head coach Morris cleared of nearly all improprieties". Watertown Daily Times. February 7, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

[5] "St. Lawrence Fires Mark Morris". College Hockey news. March 29, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[6] "Mark Morris Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

[7] "2013–14 Clarkson hockey Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

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v t e Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Ives Park (1920–1923, 1925–1938) Clarkson Rink (1923–1925) Walker Arena (1938–1991) Cheel Arena (1991–Present)
Head coaches	Gordon Croskery (1923–1929) Jack Roos (1929–1948) Bill Harrison (1948–1958) Len Ceglarski (1958–1972) Jerry York (1972–1979) Bill O'Flaherty (1979–1985) Cap Raeder (1985–1988) Mark Morris (1988–2002) Fred Parker (2002–2003) George Roll (2003–2011) Casey Jones (2011–Present)
Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League 1950–1972 ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	Rensselaer St. Lawrence
Culture & lore	North Country Thanksgiving Festival
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dave Taylor (251 Points) Kevin Zappia (103 Goals) Dan Murphy (85 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1957 1958 1962 1963 1966 1970 1991
NCAA Tournament appearances	1957 1958 1962 1963 1966 1970 1981 1982 1984 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2007 2008 2018
Conference Tournament titles	1966 1991 1993 1999 2007
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY

v t e St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Weeks Field Rink (1925–1929) Brewer Field Rink (1929–1930) Appleton Arena (1951–present)
Head coaches	D. F. McCarthy (1925–1926) Formoza Degre (1926–1928) James Mallon (1929–1930) Alfred Sheard (1938–1941) Jack Klemens (1946–1947) Paul Patten (1947–1950) Olav Kollevoll (1950–1955) George Menard (1955–1967, 1968–1971) Bernie McKinnon (1967–1968, 1971–1976) Leon Abbott (1976–1979) Dale Henwood (1979–1980) Mike McShane (1980–1985) Joe Marsh (1985–2012) Greg Carvel (2012–2016) Mark Morris (2016–2019) Brent Brekke (2019–present)
Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1972) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Clarkson Golden Knights
Culture & lore	North Country Thanksgiving Festival
All-time leaders	Pete Lappin (187 Points) Brian McFarlane (101 Goals) Bill Sloan (65 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1988 2000
NCAA Tournament appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1983 1987 1988 1989 1992 1999 2000 2001 2007 2021*
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1962 1988 1989 1992 2000 2001 2021
St. Lawrence University Canton, NY

Mark Morris
Morris in 2006
Born	(1958-03-31) March 31, 1958 (age 65) Massena, NY, USA
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Defense
Played for	New Haven Nighthawks (AHL) Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1981–1984
Coaching career
Playing career
1977–1981	Colgate

Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1985	Union (assistant)
1985–1988	St. Lawrence (assistant)
1988–2002	Clarkson
2003	Vancouver Canucks (assistant)
2003–2004	Saginaw Spirit (assistant)
2004–2006	Northwood School Prep
2006–2014	Manchester Monarchs
2014–2015	Florida Panthers (assistant)
2015–2016	Charlotte Checkers
2016–2019	St. Lawrence

Head coaching record
Overall	337–225–53 (.591)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1991 ECAC Hockey Regular Season 1991 ECAC Hockey Tournament 1993 ECAC Hockey Tournament 1995 ECAC Hockey Regular Season 1997 ECAC Hockey Regular Season 1999 ECAC Hockey Regular Season 1999 ECAC Hockey Tournament 2001 ECAC Hockey Regular Season
Awards
1991 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 2001 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year