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JAMES MORRIS

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JAMES MORRIS

2019 – COACH

South Hills Catholic
Indiana Teacher’s College
(Long-time resident of Avella)
 

  • Has been coaching football for more than 50 years in six
    decades.
     
  • Mr. Morris is former head coach at Avella HS and is
    currently an assistant coach at Chartiers-Houston HS. He also served as an assistant coach and special team’s coordinator at Washington and Jefferson College under John Luckhardt and John Banaszak.
     
  • He led Avella to consecutive WPIAL championship game
    appearances in 1975 and 1976 as head coach.
     
  • He was an assistant football coach at Avella for 12 years
    and head coach for 17 years. Mr. Morris also served as
    the school’s Athletic Director.
     
  • At W&J, he worked for 13 years and was part of two teams
    that participated in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl — NCAA
    Division III national championship games in 1992 and 1994.
     
  • He also coached wrestling and baseball at Avella and most
    recently served as assistant girls’ basketball coach at Avella

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