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10 Facts About Chuck Morrell

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Chuck Morrell is the inside linebackers coach at the University of Alabama, a position he has held since 2024.

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Chuck Morrell was the safeties coach at Fresno State from 2020 to 2021.

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Chuck Morrell attended Sioux Falls, was part of Kalen DeBoer's coaching staff during a five-year run in which Sioux Falls won three NAIA football national championships.

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Chuck Morrell was recruited out of high school by University of Sioux Falls head coach Bob Young, but initially attended the University of South Dakota before transferring to Sioux Falls.

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Chuck Morrell played safety for the Sioux Falls Cougars from 1995 through 1997.

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Chuck Morrell graduated from Sioux Falls in 1998 and Bob Young offered him a position on his staff as a defensive assistant.

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Chuck Morrell spent only one year there before accepting the head coaching job at Montana Tech, an NAIA school.

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Chuck Morrell was named the Frontier Conference Coach of the Year three times.

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Chuck Morrell was lured away from Butte, Montana, when Kalen DeBoer, the newly appointed head coach of Fresno State, offered him the position of defensive backs coach.

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Chuck Morrell married Jen Van Ballegooyen, a fellow Sioux Falls graduate, in 2001.