:Mark Morris (ice hockey)

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Mark Morris

| image = Mark Morris.jpg

| caption = Morris in 2006

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = New Haven Nighthawks (AHL)
Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)

| position = Defense

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|03|31}}

| birth_place = Massena, NY, USA

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1981

| career_end = 1984

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| player_years1 = 1977–1981

| player_team1 = Colgate

| player_positions = Defenseman

| coach_years1 = 1984–1985

| coach_team1 = Union (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1985–1988

| coach_team2 = St. Lawrence (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1988–2002

| coach_team3 = Clarkson

| coach_years4 = 2003

| coach_team4 = Vancouver Canucks (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2003–2004

| coach_team5 = Saginaw Spirit (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 2004–2006

| coach_team6 = Northwood School Prep

| coach_years7 = 2006–2014

| coach_team7 = Manchester Monarchs

| coach_years8 = 2014–2015

| coach_team8 = Florida Panthers (assistant)

| coach_team9 = Charlotte Checkers

| coach_years9 = 2015–2016

| coach_years10 = 2016–2019

| coach_team10 = St. Lawrence

| overall_record = 337–225–53 ({{winpct|337|225|53}})

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| championships = 1991 ECAC Hockey Regular Season
1991 ECAC Hockey Tournament
1993 ECAC Hockey Tournament
1995 ECAC Hockey Regular Season
1997 ECAC Hockey Regular Season
1999 ECAC Hockey Regular Season
1999 ECAC Hockey Tournament
2001 ECAC Hockey Regular Season

| awards = 1991 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year
2001 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year

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Mark Morris (born March 31, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was the head coach of St. Lawrence from 2016-2019, succeeding Greg Carvel who departed for UMass.

Career

Morris played four seasons (1981 – 1984) of professional hockey, mostly with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he scored 9 goals and 33 assists for 42 points, with 146 penalty minutes, in 156 AHL games played.

Following his playing career, Morris turned to coaching and found his way to Clarkson. He became the Golden Knights most successful coach winning more games, regular season titles, tournament titles and reaching more NCAA tournaments than anyone in school history.{{cite news|title=Clarkson Men's Hockey Team History|url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/clarkson/mens-hockey/|publisher=USCHO.com|accessdate=2014-08-15}}

In November 2002, Morris was fired three games into the 2002-03 season following an on-ice incident with one of his own players. Clarkson president Denny Brown said that in light of both the incident and Morris' refusal to take part in an internal investigation that had taken place, Clarkson had no choice but to fire Morris immediately.http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college-hockey-coach-mark-morris-one-of-a-kind/-->]

In professional hockey, Morris began his professional coaching career under Marc Crawford, serving from February 2003 to April 2003 as the Special Assistant Coach/Interim Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. Then, after a two-year stint at a prep school in Lake Placid, Morris landed a job with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League in 2006. He spent eight years as head coach, compiling a record of 339-223-67, making him the only coach in history with over 300 wins in both the college and professional ranks.http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college-hockey-coach-mark-morris-one-of-a-kind/-->]

In 2016 Morris returned to the college game, taking over at St. Lawrence, which is less than 10 miles from Clarkson University, and attempted to try and continue the success he had in the 1990s. After a good first season Morris found himself mired in an NCAA investigation that alleged multiple serious rules violations but after three months he was cleared on all but one minor infraction.{{cite web|url=http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/sports/college-hockey-slu-head-coach-morris-cleared-of-nearly-all-improprieties-20180207 |title=College hockey: SLU head coach Morris cleared of nearly all improprieties |publisher=Watertown Daily Times |date=2018-02-07 |accessdate=2018-10-03}} In his third season Morris posted the second-worst record in program history, including the most losses for any Saints team, and was unsurprisingly fired at the end of the postseason.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2019/03/29_St-Lawrence-Fires-Mark-Morris.php |title=St. Lawrence Fires Mark Morris |work=College Hockey news |date=March 29, 2019 |accessdate=November 4, 2019}}

Head coaching record

=College=

Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,19/mark-morris/ |title=Mark Morris Year-by-Year Coaching Record |publisher=USCHO.com |accessdate=2018-10-03}}

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{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#03522B; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFD204|2px}}

|startyear = 1988

|conference = ECAC Hockey

|endyear = 2003

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1988–89

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 16–13–3

| conference = 13–7–2

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = ECAC Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1989–90

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 21–11–3

| conference = 12–7–3

| confstanding = t-3rd

| postseason = ECAC Semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1990–91

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 29–9–2

| conference = 15–5–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1991–92

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 22–10–1

| conference = 16–6–1

| confstanding = t-2nd

| postseason = ECAC Semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1992–93

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 20–10–5

| conference = 12–6–4

| confstanding = t-3rd

| postseason = NCAA East regional quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1993–94

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 20–9–5

| conference = 13–5–4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = ECAC third-place game (win)

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1994–95

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 23–10–4

| conference = 14–5–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA East regional quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1995–96

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 25–10–3

| conference = 16–4–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA East regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1996–97

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 27–10–0

| conference = 17–5–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA East regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–98

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 23–9–3

| conference = 16–4–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA East regional quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1998–99

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 25–11–1

| conference = 18–4–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA East regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1999–00

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 17–15–3

| conference = 9–8–3

| confstanding = t-4th

| postseason = ECAC Four vs. Five

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2000–01

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 21–11–3

| conference = 15–5–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = ECAC Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–02

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 17–15–6

| conference = 11–6–5

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = ECAC third-place game (loss)

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03 †

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 0–3–0 †

| conference = 0–1–0 †

| confstanding =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 306–156–42

| confrecord = 198–78–34

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{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#AF1E2D; {{box-shadow border|a|#4B2B23|2px}}

|startyear = 2016

|conference = ECAC Hockey

|endyear = 2019

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2016–17

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 17–13–7

| conference = 12–6–4

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = ECAC Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2017–18

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 8–27–2

| conference = 3–18–1

| confstanding = 12th

| postseason = ECAC first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2018–19

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 6–29–2

| conference = 3–17–2

| confstanding = 12th

| postseason = ECAC first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 31–69–11

| confrecord = 18–41–7

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall = 337–225–53

}}

† Morris was fired mid-season

{{cite news|title=2013–14 Clarkson hockey Media Guide|url=http://issuu.com/mikelg/docs/13-14clarksonhockeymediaguide|publisher=ISSUU.com|accessdate=2014-08-15}}