23 Facts About Stan Morrison

Stanley Mack Morrison was born on October 15,1939 and is an American retired college basketball coach and athletic director.

Stan Morrison was head men's basketball coach at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, from 1972 to 1979, University of Southern California from 1979 to 1986, and San Jose State University from 1989 to 1998.

From 1986 to 1989 Morrison was the athletic director for the University of California, Santa Barbara's 21-sport program, helped raise significant funds annually for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, and served on the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Committee.

Stan Morrison was the athletic director at the University of California, Riverside for 12 years until his retirement on August 15,2011.

Stan Morrison then attended the University of California, Berkeley and played on the California Golden Bears varsity basketball team from 1959 to 1961 as a center.

Stan Morrison was a member of the 1959 University of California, Berkeley NCAA Championship Basketball Team and a member of the 1960 University of California, Berkeley NCAA Runner-Up basketball team.

Stan Morrison averaged 10.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as a senior.

Stan Morrison was one of the first Americans to play European basketball.

Stan Morrison was part of the San Francisco Olympic Club AAU Championship Tournament in 1963.

In 1962, Morrison returned to UC Berkeley to be a graduate assistant on Rene Herrerias's staff.

Stan Morrison received his master's in 1966, with the thesis The advantages and disadvantages in raising the height of the goal in basketball from ten feet to twelve feet.

Stan Morrison recruited Darnell Hillman to San Jose State in 1967; Hillman would eventually play in the ABA and NBA.

Stan Morrison is the only coach in NCAA history to lead three different basketball teams, in the same state, to the NCAA Tournament - University of the Pacific, University of Southern California, San Jose State University.

Stan Morrison was "Coach of the Year" in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, the Pac-10 Conference and the Big West Conference.

Stan Morrison got his first collegiate head coaching position at the University of the Pacific in 1972; he would lead the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team for seven seasons.

Stan Morrison then became head coach at the University of Southern California in 1979.

Stan Morrison was head coach for seven seasons, until he was fired under a new athletic director in 1986.

Stan Morrison had been named the Pacific-10 Coach of the Year after the 1985 season.

USC under Stan Morrison made the 1982 and 1985 NCAA tournaments.

Stan Morrison accepted the position of Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at UC Santa Barbara in 1986, which involved overseeing a 21-sport program and serving as a member of the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee for 3 years.

Stan Morrison returned to San Jose State to be head coach in 1989.

At UC Riverside, Morrison led the university's upgrade from NCAA Division II to Division I Morrison retired from the position on August 15,2011.

In 2011, Stan Morrison took the position of senior vice president of Security Bank of California.