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