Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Offensive line coach |
Team | Lexington Christian Academy (KY) |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Colorado City, Texas |
May 13, 1951
Playing career | |
1969–1972 | TCU |
1973–1983 | Philadelphia Eagles |
1984–1987 | New England Patriots |
Position(s) | Center, guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1988–1989 | New England Patriots (OL) |
1991 | Mansfield High School (TX) (OC) |
1992 | Washington Marauders |
1992–1993 | Valdosta State (OL) |
1994 | Arizona Cardinals (OL) |
1995 | San Antonio Texans (OL) |
1996 | Mississippi State (OL) |
1997–2000 | Kentucky (AHC/OL) |
2001–2002 | Kentucky |
2003–2007 | Baylor |
2008 | Kentucky State (OL) |
2009–2012 | Texas A&M–Commerce |
2014 | Warren Central HS (KY) (OL) |
2015–present | Lexington Christian Academy (KY) (OL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 37–85 |
Guy W. Morriss (born May 13, 1951) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive line coach at Lexington Christian Academy in Lexington, Kentucky. Before joining Lexington Christian, he was a special assistant to the athletic director at Texas A&M University–Commerce, where he was also the head football coach from 2009 to 2012. Morriss also served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky for two seasons (2001–2002) and at Baylor University for five seasons (2003–2007). He played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU) and spent 15 seasons as an offensive lineman in National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles (1973–1983) and the New England Patriots (1984–1987). Morris played in over 200 regular season games during his NFL career and started at center for the Eagles in Super Bowl XV.
Morriss was born in Colorado City, Texas. Morriss's father was a graduate of Texas A&M University–Commerce, where Morriss later became head football coach. For high school, he attended Sam Houston High School in Arlington, Texas where he was a standout lineman and earned a scholarship to Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from TCU in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in secondary education. A second round selection in the 1973 NFL draft, he was a Pro Bowl center in the National Football League (NFL), where he played with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973 to 1983, and the New England Patriots from 1984 to 1987.