Morris Watts
Morris Watts went 1–2 as a head coach, 2002, at Michigan State. Share
- Record
- 1–2 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2002 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Michigan State interim, final 3 games | 1–2 | 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.
Players he coached
Charles Rogers2002 Biletnikoff Award
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At home | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| On the road | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
His own three games on file, 2002, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Indianaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Penn Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Purdueseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Seneca HS (MO) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1962–64 | Joplin HS (MO) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1965–71 | Drake | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 1972 | Louisville | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 1973–81 | Indiana | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 1982 | Kansas | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1983 | LSU | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1984–85 | Birmingham Stallions USFL | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1986–90 | Michigan State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1991 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1992–94 | Michigan State | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 1995–98 | LSU | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1999–2002 | Michigan State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2002 | Michigan State | Interim head coach | |
| 2003 | Mississippi State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2007–08 | Broken Arrow HS (OK) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2009 | Miami (OH) | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2010 | Miami (OH) | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2011–13 | Central Michigan | Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2014–16 | Central Michigan | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2017 | Arkansas | Analyst | |
| 2018 | Texas Southern | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ron TaylorJoplin HS (MO)
- Jack WallaceDrake
- Lee CorsoLouisville, Indiana
- Don FambroughKansas
- Jerry StovallLSU
- George PerlesMichigan State
- Richard WilliamsonTampa Bay Buccaneers
- Gerry DiNardoLSU
- Nick SabanMichigan State
- Bobby WilliamsMichigan State
- Jackie SherrillMississippi State
- Michael HaywoodMiami (OH), Texas Southern
- and 4 more
Assistants who became head coaches
- Don TreadwellMichigan State, Miami (OH), Arkansas–Pine Bluff
Worked under (16)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Taylor | Joplin HS (MO) high school | 1964 | Assistant coach | |
| Jack Wallace | Drake | 1971 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| Lee Corso | Louisville | 1972 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| Lee Corso | Indiana | 1973–81 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| Don Fambrough | Kansas | 1982 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Jerry Stovall | LSU | 1983 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| George Perles | Michigan State | 1986–94 | 1986–90: offensive coordinator; 1992–94: assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| Richard Williamson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | 1991 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Gerry DiNardo | LSU | 1995–98 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Nick Saban | Michigan State | 1999 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Bobby Williams | Michigan State | 1999–2002 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Jackie Sherrill | Mississippi State | 2003 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Michael Haywood | Miami (OH) | 2009–10 | 2009: quarterbacks coach; 2010: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Lance Guidry | Miami (OH) | 2010 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dan Enos | Central Michigan | 2011–14 | 2011–13: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2014: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| John Bonamego | Central Michigan | 2015–16 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bret Bielema | Arkansas | 2017 | Analyst | |
| Michael Haywood | Texas Southern | 2018 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Treadwell | Michigan State, 2002: wide receivers coach | Michigan State, Miami (OH), Arkansas–Pine Bluff |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Miller | Michigan State, 2002: defensive coordinator | |
| Matt House | Michigan State, 2002: graduate assistant |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Central Michigan | offensive coordinator | $135,093 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Central Michigan | offensive coordinator | $130,400 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Central Michigan | offensive coordinator | $125,000 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.