Blane Morgan
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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| name = Blane Morgan
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}}
| birth_place = Nacogdoches, Texas, U.S.
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| player_years1 = 1996–1998
| player_team1 = Air Force
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_years1 = 2003–2004
| coach_team1 = Air Force (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2005–2006
| coach_team2 = Air Force (WR)
| coach_years3 = 2007–2014
| coach_team3 = Air Force (co-OC/QB)
| coach_years4 = 2015–2019
| coach_team4 = San Diego State (QB)
| coach_years5 = 2020–2022
| coach_team5 = Lamar
| overall_record = 5–23
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| awards = WAC Pacific Division Offensive Player of the Year (1998)
All-WAC (1998)
Second-team All-WAC (1997)
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Blane Morgan (born 1977) is an American college football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at Lamar University, a position he held from 2020 until 2022. Morgan played as a quarterback at the United States Air Force Academy.
Early years
Morgan attended Trinity Christian Academy, where he was coached by his father, Barry. He played safety, until being named the starter at quarterback as a junior, after his brother, Beau, graduated. He was a member of three state championship teams in four years, the last led by him at quarterback.{{cite web| url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesheadlines/2012/12/27/like-many-air-force-coaches-carrolltons-blane-morgan-is-an-alum | title=Like many Air Force coaches, Carrollton's Blane Morgan is an alum | accessdate=March 23, 2019}}
College career
Morgan followed his brother and accepted a football scholarship from the United States Air Force Academy. He saw no varsity playing time during his freshman season, playing instead for the program's junior varsity team.
As a sophomore, he was the fourth-string quarterback, tallying 11 carries for 56 yards.
As a junior, he was named the starter at quarterback after his brother, Beau graduated. He posted 63 of 123 completions for 975 yards, 4 passing touchdowns, 192 carries for 565 yards and 6 rushing touchdowns. He led the team to a 10–3 record. The Falcons were invited to play in the 1997 Las Vegas Bowl, where they lost to Oregon, 41–13.
As a senior, he posted 61 of 112 completions for 1,144 yards, 10 passing touchdowns, 145 carries for 508 yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. He led the team to a 12–1 record and the school's first outright Western Athletic Conference (WAC) title.{{cite web| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-force-flies-to-wac-title/ | title=Air Force Flies To WAC Title | accessdate=March 23, 2019}} The Falcons were invited to the 1998 Oahu Bowl, where they won 43–25 over the Washington.{{cite web| url=https://www.apnews.com/97e8caf2bf3de943d92fcf14b5289973 | title=Air Force Matches Record 12-1 Mark | accessdate=March 23, 2019}}
Morgan won 20 out of the 23 games he started, which is the best record and the highest winning percentage (.870) for a starting quarterback in school history. The 22 total games the team won is a school record over a two-year period. He posted a 3–0 record against the other military service academies.
=Statistics=
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| rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="3"| Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="5"| Rushing | |||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Air Force Falcons}}"| Air Force Falcons | |||||||||||||||
| 1995
| colspan="15"| Did not play | |||||||||||||||
| 1996
| 4 || 0 || — || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 11 || 56 || 5.1 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1997
| 12 || 12 || 10−2 || 63 || 123 || 51.2 || 975 || 7.9 || 4 || 6 || 118.8 || 192 || 565 || 2.9 || 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 1998
| 11 || 11 || 10−1 || 61 || 112 || 54.5 || 1,144 || 10.2 || 10 || 4 || 162.6 || 145 || 508 || 3.5 || 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Career{{Cite web |title=Blane Morgan College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/blane-morgan-1.html |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=Sports-Reference.com}} | 27 | 23 | 20−3 | 124 | 235 | 52.8 | 2,119 | 9.0 | 14 | 10 | 139.7 | 348 | 1,129 | 3.2 | 21 |
Coaching career
In 1999, he was a graduate assistant at the United States Air Force Academy. From 2000 to 2003, he fulfilled his military obligation at Laughlin Air Force Base.
From 2003 to 2004, he was a football assistant for the varsity and junior varsity team at the United States Air Force Academy. From 2005 to 2006, he was the wide receivers coach. From 2007 to 2014, he was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.{{cite web| url=https://goaztecs.com/news/2015/2/11/Football_Names_Blane_Morgan_Quarterbacks_Coach.aspx | title=Football Names Blane Morgan Quarterbacks Coach | accessdate=March 23, 2019}} During this period of time, the school posted a 59–44 (.573) overall record, including seven bowl game appearances (.750 record in those games), two nine-win campaigns and one ten-win season. In 2011, the team set a school single-season record by scoring 454 points, finishing second all-time in program history in completion percentage (60.3), third in rushing touchdowns (43) and fourth in passing touchdowns (16).
From 2015 to 2019, he was the quarterbacks coach at San Diego State University.{{cite web| url=https://gazette.com/sports/former-qb-longtime-coach-blane-morgan-explains-departure-from-air/article_9a76928e-0895-5b3f-8a6c-1af91dc94caf.html | title=Former QB, longtime coach Blane Morgan explains departure from Air Force | accessdate=March 23, 2019}} During this period of time, the school recorded a 48–18 (.727) overall record, including five Bowl game appearances (.500 record in those games), two 11-win campaigns, one 10-win season, and two Mountain West Conference championships.
On December 12, 2019, he was named the football head coach at Lamar University, becoming the school's 10th head coach since transitioning into a four-year institution.{{cite web |author1=Shehan Jeyarajah |title=Lamar football names SDSU QBs coach Blane Morgan head coach |url=https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2019/12/12/lamar-football-hires-sdsu-qb-coach-blane-morgan-as-head-coach |publisher=Dave Campbell's Texas Football |access-date=September 25, 2022 |date=December 12, 2019}}{{cite web |author1=John Taylor |title=San Diego State loses QBs coach Blane Morgan to FCS head job |url=https://collegefootball.nbcsports.com/2019/12/13/san-diego-state-loses-qbs-coach-blane-morgan-to-fcs-head-job/ |publisher=NBC Universal |access-date=September 25, 2022 |date=December 13, 2019}}{{cite web |author1=Kirk Kenney |title=Aztecs quarterbacks coach Blane Morgan hired as Lamar head coach |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/story/2019-12-12/san-diego-state-aztecs-football-sdsu-quarterback-coach-blane-morgan-lamar-university-head-coach |publisher=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=September 25, 2022 |date=December 12, 2019}} With one year remaining on his contract, Morgan left the Lamar program at the end of the 2022 season. His overall record for his three years at Lamar was 5-23. His teams compiled a 3-16 record in conference play.{{cite web |author1=James Dixon |title=LU Parts Ways with Blane Morgan |url=https://lamarcardinals.com/news/2022/11/21/football-lu-parts-ways-with-blane-morgan.aspx |publisher=Lamar University Athletics |access-date=November 21, 2022 |date=November 21, 2022}}{{cite web |author1=Matt Faye |title=Lamar fires head football coach Blane Morgan after 3 seasons |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/lamar/article/Lamar-fires-head-football-coach-Blane-Morgan-17601082.php |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |access-date=November 21, 2022 |date=November 21, 2022}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lamar Cardinals
| conf = Southland Conference
| startyear = 2020
| endyear = 2021
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| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = Lamar
| overall = 2–4
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lamar Cardinals
| conf = Western Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2021
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = Lamar
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lamar Cardinals
| conf = Southland Conference
| startyear = 2022
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Lamar
| overall = 1–10
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Lamar
| overall = 5–23
| confrecord = 3–16
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 5–23
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References
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External links
- [https://lamarcardinals.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/blane-morgan/2668 Lamar profile]
- [https://goaztecs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/blane-morgan/495 San Diego State profile]
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