Pat Morris (American football)
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1954)}}
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- USC (1976-1977)
Graduate assistant - Northern Arizona (1978)
Offensive line coach - Minnesota (1979-1982)
Offensive line coach - USC (1983-1986)
Offensive line coach - Michigan State (1987–1994)
Offensive line coach - Stanford (1995-1996)
Offensive tackles and tight ends coach - San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1997}}–{{NFL Year|1998}})
Tight ends and assistant offensive line coach - San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1999}}–{{NFL Year|2003}})
Offensive line coach - Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2004}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})
Offensive line coach - Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
Offensive line coach - Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2011}})
Offensive line coach - Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|2013}}–{{NFL Year|2014}})
Offensive line coach - San Diego Fleet (2019)
Offensive line coach
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Patrick Morris (born April 7, 1954, in Cleveland, Ohio){{Citation needed|date=May 2018}} is a former offensive line coach in the National Football League.
College career
Morris was a reserve offensive guard for USC from 1972 to 1975,{{cite web | url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-name-pat-morris-offensive-line-coach-9389604 | title=Bills name Pat Morris offensive line coach }} lettering in 1975.{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/24/Southern-Cal-has-hired-three-assistant-football-coaches-to/4754414910800/ | title=Southern Cal has hired three assistant football coaches to... - UPI Archives }}{{cite web|title=2017 Media Guide|url=http://usctrojans.com/documents/2017/7/25/2017_USC_Football_Media_Guide.pdf|website=usctrojans.com|publisher=USC Athletics|accessdate=May 11, 2018}}{{RP|168}}
Coaching
Morris began his coaching career immediately after his playing career ended, staying with USC as a graduate assistant for the 1976 and 1977 seasons, working with the offensive line. He later returned to USC as their offensive line coach in 1983, after spending the 1978 season coaching offensive line for Northern Arizona and the 1979–1982 seasons coaching offensive line for Minnesota.
After four seasons with USC, Morris was hired as the offensive line coach for Michigan State, a position he held from 1987 to 1994. After coaching offensive tackles and tight ends at Stanford from 1995 to 1996, Morris entered the NFL coaching ranks in 1997 as the tight ends and assistant offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers. He was promoted to offensive line coach entering the 1999 season, taking over for Bobb McKittrick who was forced to retire due to cancer.https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/49ers-hire-newcomer-in-shuffle-of-coaching-jobs-3084670.php {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} Morris later followed his former 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci to Detroit, serving as the offensive line coach for the Lions from 2004 to 2005. He was fired along with Mariucci on November 29, 2005, after a disappointing season marred with poor offensive production.{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/11/29/lions-ax-mariucci-jauron-takes-over/ | title=Lions ax Mariucci; Jauron takes over | website=Chicago Tribune | date=November 29, 2005 }}
Morris then spent the 2006–2010 seasons as the offensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings, coaching Pro Bowl offensive linemen such as Matt Birk, Bryant McKinnie, and Steve Hutchinson. After a regime change in Minnesota, he left to coach the offensive line for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2011 season.{{cite web | url=https://www.buccaneers.com/news/bucs-pick-morris-to-lead-o-line-3284183 | title=Bucs Pick Morris to Lead O-Line }} He was not retained when head coach Raheem Morris and his staff were fired after the season.
Morris was named the offensive line coach for the Buffalo Bills on January 19, 2013. He was not retained by new Bills head coach Rex Ryan entering the 2015 season.{{cite web | url=https://www.al.com/sports/2015/07/bills_aaron_kromer_placed_on_p.html | title=Bills' Aaron Kromer placed on paid leave after battery arrest | date=July 14, 2015 }} After several seasons away from coaching, Morris was hired as the offensive line coach in 2019 for the San Diego Fleet of the short-lived Alliance of American Football by head coach Mike Martz.{{cite web | url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2019/02/28/fleets-existence-is-highlighted-by-emerging-center-kolone/ | title=Fleet's existence is highlighted by emerging center Kolone | date=February 28, 2019 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131111181109/http://www.buffalobills.com/team/coaches/morris_pat/ee7bdd7d-6f6d-48b1-bf3a-7265dc1f49b7 Bills profile]
- [http://www.vikings.com/TeamCoachProfile_Pat_Morris.aspx Vikings profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211191702/http://www.vikings.com/TeamCoachProfile_Pat_Morris.aspx |date=December 11, 2007 }}
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