Jim Morris (baseball coach)
Jim Morris (born February 20, 1950) is the former head baseball coach at the University of Miami and previously held the same position at Georgia Tech. His teams qualified for NCAA Regionals for 32 consecutive years, 23 at Miami and nine at Georgia Tech.[1] Morris won national championships in 1999 and 2001, and earned National Coach of the Year honors in both seasons.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 20, 1950 Lexington, North Carolina |
| Alma mater | Elon College (1973) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975 | Appalachian State (assistant) |
| 1976–1979 | DeKalb CC |
| 1980–1981 | Florida State (assistant) |
| 1982–1993 | Georgia Tech |
| 1994–2018 | Miami (FL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,590–715–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 College World Series (1999, 2001) | |
| Awards | |
| 4x ACC Coach of the Year (1983, 1987, 1993, 2008) | |
Early career
Morris began his coaching career as an assistant at Appalachian State in 1975. In 1976, he then accepted the challenge of building, from scratch, a baseball program at Atlanta's DeKalb Community College.
At DeKalb, Morris started with no players and no field, but he quickly made a name for himself. His Eagles were nationally ranked three times in four years and advanced to the 1977 Junior College World Series. DeKalb finished second in just his second season. Morris added two more winning years at DeKalb before moving on to become an assistant coach at Florida State.
Georgia Tech
After a two–year stint with the Seminoles, Morris would accept the head coaching job at Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets were on the backside of four straight losing seasons and were 4–23 in their first two seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference. At Georgia Tech, Morris was the all-time leader in coaching victories, in any of the school's varsity sports, as he had 12 straight winning seasons, nine straight NCAA regional berths, four straight Atlantic Coast Conference titles (1985–88) and a school–record 51 wins in 1987.
Miami
In his tenure at the University of Miami, no other program has qualified for the College World Series as often as Morris and his Hurricanes. Miami, which has qualified for the NCAA Tournament a record 44 consecutive years, made it to Omaha in 11 of Morris' first 15 seasons in Coral Gables. Morris set an NCAA record for guiding a program to the College World Series in each of his first six years at Miami. Morris returned Miami to Omaha in 2015 and 2016 after a seven-year absence.[2] It was announced in June 2014 that Morris would retire following the 2018 season with longtime assistant Gino DiMare as his successor.[3]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1982–1993) | |||||||||
| 1982 | Georgia Tech | 29–20 | 6–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1983 | Georgia Tech | 38–15 | 6–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1984 | Georgia Tech | 36–19 | 5–7 | 5th | |||||
| 1985 | Georgia Tech | 42–19–1 | 6–7–1 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1986 | Georgia Tech | 45–23 | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1987 | Georgia Tech | 51–14 | 17–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1988 | Georgia Tech | 45–24 | 12–8 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1989 | Georgia Tech | 38–26 | 13–6 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1990 | Georgia Tech | 46–25 | 9–9 | 5th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1991 | Georgia Tech | 42–26 | 12–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1992 | Georgia Tech | 45–19 | 14–9 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 1993 | Georgia Tech | 47–14 | 19–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Georgia Tech: | 504–244–1 | 126–84–1 | |||||||
| Miami Hurricanes (NCAA Division I independent) (1994–2004) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Miami | 49–14 | College World Series | ||||||
| 1995 | Miami | 48–17 | College World Series | ||||||
| 1996 | Miami | 50–14 | College World Series Runner-up | ||||||
| 1997 | Miami | 51–18 | College World Series | ||||||
| 1998 | Miami | 51–12 | College World Series | ||||||
| 1999 | Miami | 50–13 | College World Series Champions | ||||||
| 2000 | Miami | 41–19–1 | NCAA Super Regional | ||||||
| 2001 | Miami | 53–12 | College World Series Champions | ||||||
| 2002 | Miami | 34–29 | NCAA Super Regional | ||||||
| 2003 | Miami | 45–17–1 | College World Series | ||||||
| 2004 | Miami | 50–13 | College World Series | ||||||
| Miami Hurricanes (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2005–present) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Miami | 41–19–1 | 19–10–1 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2006 | Miami | 42–24 | 17–13 | 4th (Coastal) | College World Series | ||||
| 2007 | Miami | 37–24 | 17–13 | 3rd (Coastal) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Miami | 53–11 | 23–5 | 1st (Coastal) | College World Series | ||||
| 2009 | Miami | 38–22 | 18–12 | 3rd (Coastal) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Miami | 43–20 | 20–10 | 3rd (Coastal) | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Miami | 38–23 | 19–10 | 4th (Coastal) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2012 | Miami | 36–23 | 16–14 | 3rd (Coastal) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2013 | Miami | 37–25 | 14–16 | 5th (Coastal) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2014 | Miami | 44–19 | 24–6 | 1st (Coastal) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2015 | Miami | 50–17 | 22–8 | 1st (Coastal) | College World Series | ||||
| 2016 | Miami | 50–14 | 21–7 | 1st (Coastal) | College World Series | ||||
| 2017 | Miami | 31–27 | 16–13 | 3rd (Coastal) | |||||
| 2018 | Miami | 28–26 | 16–13 | 3rd (Coastal) | |||||
| Miami: | 1,090–472–3 | 263–151–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 1,594–716–4 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
- "hurricanesports.com: Miami (FL) Hurricanes Baseball". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- Degnan, Susan Miller "Grand slam fuels Miami Hurricanes to College World Series berth" "Miami Herald", June 12, 2016
- Navarro, Manny "UM baseball coach Jim Morris gets three-year contract extension; Gino DiMare to take over after Morris retires" "Miami Herald", June 24, 2014