JAMES MORRIS

Published by washgreenesportshall on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

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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