Stan Morrison

Stan Morrison (born October 15, 1939) is a retired college basketball coach and athletic director. He was head coach of the USC Trojans team from 1979 to 1986,^[1] as well as San Jose State Spartans from 1989 to 1998 and Pacific Tigers from 1972 to 1979. He was the athletic director at UC Riverside for 12 years until his retirement on August 15, 2011. From 1986 to 1989 Morrison was the Athletic Director for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos' 21-sport program, helped raise significant funds annually for UCSB Athletics and served on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament Committee.^[2]

College coach

Pacific

University of Southern California

"Four Freshmen"

Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble were recruited to the University of Southern California by Head Coach Stan Morrison and his top assistant, David Spencer. They were joined by high school All-American, Tom Lewis, and Rich Grande as the "Four Freshmen" star recruiting class.^[3][4] Following an 11-17 season coaching USC, Morrison and Spencer were fired after the 1985-86 season was over, despite winning the Pac-10 the previous year. It was reported that the players would not remain unless certain conditions were met, including having a say in the next coaching staff.^[3] USC hired George Raveling in March 1986 as the next head coach of the Trojans.^[5] Raveling gave the players a deadline to respond whether they would remain on the team. When they did not respond, he revoked the scholarships of Gathers, Kimble, and Lewis.^[6] Raveling's controversial^[7] statement was, "You can't let the Indians run the reservation," he said. "You've got to be strong, too. Sometimes you have to tell them that they have to exit."^[3] Kimble and Gathers transferred together from USC to Loyola Marymount. Lewis transferred to Pepperdine. Grande remained at USC.

San Jose State

Head coaching record

External links

• Career coaching stats

References