Mark Morris (ice hockey)
| Mark Morris | |||
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| Born |
March 31, 1958 Massena, NY, USA |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Played for |
New Haven Nighthawks (AHL) Dallas Black Hawks (CHL) |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1981–1984 | ||
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | St. Lawrence University |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Colgate University |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–1981 | Colgate |
| Position(s) | Defenseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984–1985 | Union (assistant) |
| 1985–1988 | St. Lawrence (assistant) |
| 1988–2002 | Clarkson |
| 2003 | Vancouver Canucks (assistant) |
| 2003–2004 | Saginaw Spirit (assistant) |
| 2004–2006 | Northwood School Prep |
| 2006–2014 | Manchester Monarchs |
| 2014–2015 | Florida Panthers (assistant) |
| 2015–2016 | Charlotte Checkers |
| 2016–present | St. Lawrence |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 306–156–42 (.649) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1991 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1991 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1993 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1995 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1997 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1999 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1999 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 2001 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion |
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| Awards | |
| 1991 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 2001 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year |
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Mark Morris (born March 31, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He is the head coach of St. Lawrence having taken the job to succeed Greg Carvel who departed for UMass.
Morris played four seasons (1981 – 1984) of professional hockey, mostly with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he scored 9 goals and 33 assists for 42 points, with 146 penalty minutes, in 156 AHL games played.
Following his playing career, Morris turned to coaching and found his way to Clarkson. He became the Golden Knights most successful coach winning more games, regular season titles, tournament titles and reaching more NCAA tournaments than anyone in school history.
In November 2002, Morris was fired three games into the 2002-03 season following an on-ice incident with one of his own players, forward Zach Schwan, during a practice. According to multiple witnesses, Schwan made light contact with Morris during a "rub-off" at a 3-on-3 game between coaches and scratched players. Morris then cross-checked Schwan in the face and neck with his stick, lifted Schwan's helmet off his head, and hooked Schwan in the genitals. Clarkson president Denny Brown said that in light of both the incident and Morris' refusal to take part in an internal investigation, Clarkson had no choice but to fire Morris.
In professional hockey, Morris began his coaching career under Marc Crawford, serving from February 2003 to April 2003 as the Special Assistant Coach/Interim Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL.
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
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