Morris Watts

Morris Watts
Biographical details
Born1936
Seneca, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
1958–1960Tulsa
Position(s)Running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961Seneca HS (MO) (assistant)
1962–1964Joplin HS (MO) (assistant)
1965–1971Drake (OC/QB/WR)
1972Louisville (OC/QB/WR)
1973–1981Indiana (OC/QB/WR)
1982Kansas (OC/QB)
1983LSU (QB)
1984–1985Birmingham Stallions (QB)
1986–1990Michigan State (OC)
1991Tampa Bay Buccaneers (QB)
1992–1994Michigan State (AHC/OC)
1995–1998LSU (OC)
1999–2002Michigan State (OC)
2002Michigan State (interim HC)
2003Mississippi State (OC)
2007–2008Broken Arrow HS (OK) (OC)
2009Miami (OH) (QB)
2010Miami (OH) (OC/QB)
2011–2013Central Michigan (PGC/QB)
2014–2016Central Michigan (OC/QB)
2017Arkansas (analyst)
2018Texas Southern (OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall1–2

Morris Watts (born 1936) is a former American football player and coach. Until his retirement in 2016, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Central Michigan University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, having joined the RedHawks coaching staff in 2009 as the quarterbacks coach. Morris served as the interim head coach at Michigan State University for the last three games of the 2002 season after Bobby Williams was fired, compiling a record of 1–2.

Morris served three stints at the offensive coordinator at Michigan State (1986–1990, 1992–1994, 1999–2002) and was an assistant coach at Drake University (1965–1971), the University of Louisville (1972), Indiana University (1973–1981), the University of Kansas (1982), Louisiana State University (1983, 1995–1998), and Mississippi State University (2003). He coached quarterbacks for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (USFL) from 1984 to 1985 and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1991. Before coming to Miami University, Watts spent two years at the offensive coordinator at Broken Arrow Senior High in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.


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