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Morris Watts Sport(s) Football Current position Title Offensive coordinator Biographical details Born 1936 Place of birth Seneca, Missouri Playing career 1958–1960 Tulsa Position(s) Running back Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1965–1971
1972
1973–1981
1982
1983
1984–1985
1986–1990
1991
1992–1994
1995–1998
1999–2002
2002
2003
2007–2008
2009
2010
2011Drake (OC/QB/WR)
Louisville (OC/QB/WR)
Indiana (OC/QB/WR)
Kansas (OC/QB)
LSU (QB)
Birmingham Stallions (QB)
Michigan State (OC)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (QB)
Michigan State (OC)
LSU (OC)
Michigan State (OC)
Michigan State (Interim HC)
Mississippi State (OC)
Broken Arrow HS (OK) (OC)
Miami (OH) (QB)
Miami (OH) (OC)Head coaching record Overall 1–2 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Morris Watts (born 1936) was an American football coach and former player. Starting in the 2011 season he will be the quarterbacks coach at Central Michigan University. He had previously served as the offensive coordinator at Miami University, 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 USFL from 1984 to 1985 and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the 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.
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Coaching career
Michigan State
Watts was the offensive coordinator at Michigan State Spartans during the George Perles era for eight seasons from 1986–1990 and 1992–1994. He rejoined the Spartans as a member of Bobby Williams' coaching staff and became the interim head coach in 2002 when Williams was fired after guiding a pre-season top 20 team to a 3–6 start. During his brief stint as interim head coach, he was 1–2. Following the season, he left the Michigan State football program for Mississippi State. He also coached at LSU as an offensive coordinator in the late 1990s.
Mississippi State
Watts showed his dynamism when he was hired at Mississippi State by saying at his introduction, "We want to be an offense that is balanced. Does that mean out of 100 plays we'll pass 50 times and run 50 times? No! We may throw 70 and run 30 or we may run 70 and throw 30. We'd like to spread the field and give our kids the best chance to win".[1][2] In 2003, the Bulldogs were 2–10.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten Conference) (2002) 2002 Michigan State 1–2* 1–2* T–8th Michigan State: 1–2 1–2 *Bobby Williams coached the first 9 games of the season. Total: 1–2 #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.References
- ^ "Watts 'Thrilled' to Join Sherrill's MSU Staff". Dawg’s Bite. January 31, 2003. http://mississippistate.scout.com/2/90851.html.
- ^ "2003 Football Statistics". Mississippi State University. 2003. http://www.mstateathletics.com/staticfiles/stats03.pdf.
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Michigan State Spartans head football coaches Henry Keep (1897–1898) • Charles Bemies (1899–1900) • George Denman (1901–1902) • Chester Brewer (1903–1910) • John Macklin (1911–1915) • Frank Sommers (1916) • Chester Brewer (1917) • George Gauthier (1918) • Chester Brewer (1919) • George Clark (1920) • Albert Barron (1921–1922) • Ralph Young (1923–1927) • Harry G. Kipke (1928) • Jim Crowley (1929–1932) • Charlie Bachman (1933–1946) • Clarence Munn (1947–1953) • Duffy Daugherty (1954–1972) • Denny Stolz (1973–1975) • Darryl Rogers (1976–1979) • Muddy Waters (1980–1982) • George Perles (1983–1994) • Nick Saban (1995–1999) • Bobby Williams (2000–2002) • Morris Watts # (2002) • John L. Smith (2003–2006) • Mark Dantonio (2007– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.Categories:- Living people
- 1936 births
- Drake Bulldogs football coaches
- Indiana Hoosiers football coaches
- Louisville Cardinals football coaches
- LSU Tigers football coaches
- Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
- Michigan State Spartans football coaches
- Miami RedHawks football coaches
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaches
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane football players
- United States Football League coaches
- People from Newton County, Missouri
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