Stan Morrison
Morrison in 2016
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| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 15, 1939 Lynwood, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1959–1961 | California |
| 1961–1962 | Real Madrid |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1962–1963 | California (GA) |
| 1963–1966 | El Camino HS |
| 1966–1970 | San Jose State (assistant) |
| 1970–1972 | USC (assistant) |
| 1972–1979 | Pacific (CA) |
| 1979–1986 | USC |
| 1989–1998 | San Jose State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1986–1989 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1999–2011 | UC Riverside |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 275–353 |
| Tournaments | 0–4 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 PCAA regular season (1979) 2 PCAA/Big West Tournament (1979, 1996) 1 Pac-10 regular season (1985) |
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| Awards | |
| Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1985) | |
Stanley Mack "Stan" Morrison (born October 15, 1939) is an American retired college basketball coach and athletic director. He was head men's basketball coach at the University of the Pacific in from 1972 to 1979, University of Southern California (USC) from 1979 to 1986, and San Jose State University from 1989 to 1998.
From 1986 to 1989 Morrison was the athletic director for the University of California, Santa Barbara's 21-sport program, helped raise significant funds annually for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, and served on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament Committee. He was the athletic director at the University of California, Riverside for 12 years until his retirement on August 15, 2011.
Born in Lynwood, California, Morrison graduated from Bellflower High School. He then attended the University of California, Berkeley and played on the California Golden Bears varsity basketball team from 1959 to 1961 as a center. Morrison averaged 10.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as a senior. graduated from UC Berkeley in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.
In the 1961–62 season, Morrison played professionally for Real Madrid Baloncesto, a team in the Spanish league. Real Madrid made the 1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final.
In 1962, Morrison returned to UC Berkeley to be a graduate assistant on Rene Herrerias's staff. The following year, Morrison became varsity coach at El Camino High School in Sacramento, California. While coaching at El Camino, Morrison pursued a master's degree in physical education at Sacramento State College. Morrison received his master's in 1966, with the thesis The advantages and disadvantages in raising the height of the goal in basketball from ten feet to twelve feet.
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