Eric Morris
Eric Morris went 50–36 as a head coach, 2018–2026, at Incarnate Word, North Texas and Oklahoma State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–1); by them his record is 50–35. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2018–21 at Incarnate Word. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 50–36 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Oct 26, 1985
- Alma mater
- Texas Tech 2008
- Best season
- 2025 12–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Incarnate Word * | 6–5 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round L | ||
| 2019 | Incarnate Word * | 5–7 | T–6th | |||
| 2020 | Incarnate Word * | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 2021 | Incarnate Word * | 10–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 13 | |
| 2022: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2023 | North Texas | 5–7 | T–8th | |||
| 2024 | North Texas | 6–7 | T–9th | First Responder Bowl L | ||
| 2025 | North Texas | 11–2 | T–1st | New Mexico (not coached) | ||
| 2026 | Oklahoma State | 4–2 (Wikipedia: 4–1) | ||||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Against rivals | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Conference games | 27 | 15–12 | 56% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 8–9 | 47% |
| At home | 22 | 15–7 | 68% |
| On the road | 21 | 11–10 | 52% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 24 | 20–4 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 20 | 6–14 | 30% |
His own 44 games on file, 2023–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Traylor 2023–2025 | 1–2 | UTSA | 3 |
Eric Morris’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Templeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Tulsaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| UTSAseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| UABseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| South Alabamaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Armyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Navyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Houston | Assistant offensive quality control coach | |
| 2011 | Houston | Graduate assistant | |
| 2012 | Washington State | Inside receivers coach | |
| 2013 | Texas Tech | Co-offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach | |
| 2014 | Texas Tech | Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2015–17 | Texas Tech | Offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach | |
| 2018–21 | Incarnate Word | Head coach | |
| 2022 | Washington State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023–25 | North Texas | Head coach | |
| 2026–present | Oklahoma State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Kevin SumlinHouston
- Tony LevineHouston
- Mike LeachWashington State
- Kliff KingsburyTexas Tech
- Jake DickertWashington State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Drew SvobodaNorth Texas
- Chris ThurmondHouston
- Gary GibbsOklahoma
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Sumlin | Houston | 2010–11 | 2010: assistant offensive quality control coach; 2011: graduate assistant | |
| Tony Levine | Houston | 2011 | Graduate assistant | |
| Mike Leach | Washington State | 2012 | Inside receivers coach | |
| Kliff Kingsbury | Texas Tech | 2013–17 | 2013: co-offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach; 2014: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2015–17: offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach | |
| Jake Dickert | Washington State | 2022 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Svoboda | North Texas, 2023: associate and special teams coordinator; 2024–25: associate, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach; Oklahoma State, 2026: associate, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | North Texas | |
| Chris Thurmond | Oklahoma State, 2026: offensive analyst | Houston | |
| Gary Gibbs | Oklahoma State, 2026: defensive analyst | Oklahoma |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Davis | Incarnate Word, 2018–19: wide receivers coach; 2020–21: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach; North Texas, 2023–25: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Mack Leftwich | Incarnate Word, 2018: graduate assistant; 2019–21: quarterbacks coach | |
| Sean Brophy | Incarnate Word, 2021: quality control coach; North Texas, 2023–24: quarterbacks coach; 2025: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Oklahoma State, 2026: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Caponi | North Texas, 2023: defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach; 2024: defensive coordinator | |
| Brian Odom | North Texas, 2024: linebackers coach | |
| Skyler Cassity | North Texas, 2025: defensive coordinator; Oklahoma State, 2026: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Texas Tech | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $65,000 | $260,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Texas Tech | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $65,000 | $263,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Texas Tech | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $65,000 | $263,900 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Texas Tech | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $52,500 | $212,500 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Morris’s teams went for it on 41% of fourth downs and on 65% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 55% of plays and took 22.8 seconds a play, 2023–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 12 g | North Texas | 35 of 91 38% | 63% | 55% | 22.3 | +0.18 | |
| 2024 13 g | North Texas | 44 of 105 42% | 65% | 62% | 21.5 | +0.11 | |
| 2025 14 g | North Texas | 37 of 84 44% | 71% | 50% | 23.7 | +0.27 | |
| 2026 6 g | Oklahoma State | 12 of 36 33% | 59% | 51% | 24.6 | +0.16 | |
| All 45 g | 128 of 316 41% | 65% | 55% | 22.8 | +0.18 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.