Raheem Morris
Morris in 2015
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| Atlanta Falcons | |
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| Position: | Assistant head coach & wide receivers coach |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | September 3, 1976 |
| Place of birth: | Irvington, New Jersey |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Irvington (NJ) |
| College: | Hofstra |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Super Bowl champion (XXXVII) | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 17–31 (.354) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
Raheem Morris (born September 3, 1976) is an American football coach who is currently an assistant head coach and wide receivers coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He has served as head coach and defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He was hired by the Buccaneers as head coach on January 17, 2009 after previous head coach Jon Gruden was fired after seven seasons, but was fired after the 2011 season.
Morris graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in physical education in 1998 after playing safety at Hofstra from 1994 to 1997. That same year he began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Hofstra University, where he was responsible for coaching the offensive scout team, developing scouting reports and handling video breakdown and computer input and analysis. In 1999, he was hired by Cornell University as their defensive backs coach and special teams assistant. After 1999, he went back to Hofstra to be defensive back coach. Also, in 2001, he spent time as a defensive minority intern with the New York Jets.
Before the 2002 season, Morris was hired by the Buccaneers to become their defensive quality control coach, where he helped them have the top-ranked defense and win the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl, beating the Oakland Raiders 48–21 in Super Bowl XXXVII. In 2003, he became a defensive assistant. From 2004 to 2005 he was the assistant defensive backs coach. After 2005 he went to Kansas State to be their defensive coordinator.
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