Guy Morriss
Guy Morriss went 37–85 as a head coach, 2001–2012, at Kentucky, Baylor and Texas A&M–Commerce. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2009–12 at Texas A&M–Commerce. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 37–85 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2002 7–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Kentucky | 2–9 | 5th (Eastern) | |||
| 2002 | Kentucky | 7–5 | T–4th (Eastern) | |||
| 2003 | Baylor | 3–9 | 6th (South) | |||
| 2004 | Baylor | 3–8 | 6th (South) | |||
| 2005 | Baylor | 5–6 | 5th (South) | |||
| 2006 | Baylor | 4–8 | T–5th (South) | |||
| 2007 | Baylor | 3–9 | 6th (South) | |||
| 2008: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2009 | Texas A&M–Commerce * | 5–5 | T–1st (North) | |||
| 2010 | Texas A&M–Commerce * | 3–8 | T–6th (North) | |||
| 2011 | Texas A&M–Commerce * | 1–9 | T–8th | |||
| 2012 | Texas A&M–Commerce * | 1–9 | T–8th | |||
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
Daniel SepulvedaConsensus All‑American, 2006
Derek AbneyConsensus All‑American, 2002
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 | 23 | 2–21 | 9% |
| Against top-10 teams | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 23 | 6–17 | 26% |
| Conference games | 56 | 11–45 | 20% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 22 | 9–13 | 41% |
| At home | 44 | 18–26 | 41% |
| On the road | 37 | 9–28 | 24% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 15–3 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 63 | 12–51 | 19% |
His own 81 games on file, 2001–2007, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Franchione 2003–2007 | 1–4 | Texas A&M | 5 | |
| Bob Stoops 2003–2007 | 0–5 | Oklahoma | 5 | |
| Mack Brown 2003–2007 | 0–5 | Texas | 5 | |
| Mike Leach 2003–2007 | 0–5 | Texas Tech | 5 | |
| Mark Mangino 2003–2007 | 1–2 | Kansas | 3 | |
| Mike Gundy 2005–2007 | 1–2 | Oklahoma State | 3 |
Guy Morriss’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Oklahomaseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Texasseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Texas Techseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Coloradoseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Also a player: Guy Morriss’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | New England Patriots NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1991 | Mansfield HS (TX) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1992 | Washington Marauders | Head coach | |
| 1992–93 | Valdosta State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1994 | Arizona Cardinals NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1995 | San Antonio Texans CFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1996 | Mississippi State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1997–2000 | Kentucky | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| 2001–02 | Kentucky | Head coach | |
| 2003–07 | Baylor | Head coach | |
| 2008 | Kentucky State | Offensive line coach | |
| 2009–12 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Head coach | |
| 2014 | Warren Central HS (KY) high school | Offensive line coach | |
| 2015 | Lexington Christian Academy (KY) high school | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Hal MummeValdosta State, Kentucky
- Kay StephensonSan Antonio Texans
- Jackie SherrillMississippi State
- Frederick FarrierKentucky State
- Howard FegginsWarren Central HS (KY)
Assistants who became head coaches
- Scott ParrNavarro, Texas A&M–Kingsville
- Lee HaysSul Ross
- Maurice LinguistBuffalo
- Dan LounsburySoutheastern Oklahoma State, Wisconsin–Superior
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Mumme | Valdosta State | 1992–93 | Offensive line coach | |
| Kay Stephenson | San Antonio Texans pro | 1995 | Offensive line coach | |
| Jackie Sherrill | Mississippi State | 1996 | Offensive line coach | |
| Hal Mumme | Kentucky | 1997–2000 | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| Frederick Farrier | Kentucky State | 2008 | Offensive line coach | |
| Howard Feggins | Warren Central HS (KY) high school | 2014 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Parr | Baylor, 2003–04: graduate assistant | Navarro, Texas A&M–Kingsville | |
| Lee Hays | Baylor, 2006–07: offensive coordinator | Sul Ross | |
| Maurice Linguist | Baylor, 2007: graduate assistant | Buffalo | |
| Dan Lounsbury | East Texas A&M, 2009: offensive coordinator | Southeastern Oklahoma State, Wisconsin–Superior |
Other assistants under him (8)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Pease | Kentucky, 2001–02: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Baylor, 2003–05: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| John Goodner | Kentucky, 2001–02: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; Baylor, 2003: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Rick Smith | Kentucky, 2001: assistant head coach, defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Gerald Carr | Kentucky, 2002: running backs coach and assistant head coach; Baylor, 2003–05: running backs coach and assistant head coach | |
| Bill Bradley | Baylor, 2004–06: defensive coordinator | |
| Kevin Barbay | Baylor, 2005–06: graduate assistant | |
| Kasey Dunn | Baylor, 2007: special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Larry Hoefer | Baylor, 2007: 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.
How he coached
Morriss’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 29% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 62% of plays and took 22.5 seconds a play, 2004–2007.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 16 of 95 17% | 27% | 54% | 21.4 | −0.13 | |
| 2005 9 g | 10 of 82 12% | 24% | 55% | 26.0 | −0.18 | |
| 2006 8 g | 7 of 52 13% | 32% | 72% | 24.0 | −0.10 | |
| 2007 11 g | 18 of 97 19% | 34% | 69% | 19.8 | −0.14 | |
| All 39 g | 51 of 326 16% | 29% | 62% | 22.5 | −0.14 |
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.