Steve Morrison - Football Coach - Syracuse University Athletics

Steve Morrison

Title:
Linebackers
Email:
scmorr02@syr.edu
Phone:
4817

     An experienced coach and a person familiar with Orange defensive coordinator Scott Shafer and defensive line coach Tim Daoust, Steve Morrison joined the Syracuse staff in January, 2012 to lead the SU linebackers. Morrison and Daoust worked on the Western Michigan defensive staff when Shafer was the Broncos coordinator.

     Morrison comes to Syracuse after directing the linebackers at Eastern Michigan University in 2010 and 2011. There he mentored third-team all-conference linebacker Justin Cudworth, who led the team in tackles with 83, on a defense that ranked 34th nationally in total defense and averaged nearly six tackles for loss per outing in 2011.

     At Western Michigan, Morrison served as the defensive line coach in 2005 and was the linebackers coach in 2006 and 2007, before becoming the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2008-09. The 2006 and 2008 Broncos qualified for post-season bowl games, playing in the International Bowl after the 2006 season and the Texas Bowl at the completion of the 2008 campaign. In 2006, the WMU defense ranked 11th nationally and its rush defense was sixth in the country.

     Morrison previously coached at the University of Michigan, spending two seasons as the graduate assistant in charge of outside linebackers (2003-04) and a year in quality control for defense (2002). He also served two seasons (2000-01) as defensive coordinator at Brother Rice High School, helping the Warriors to a state title in 2000.

     The Birmingham, Mich., native graduated from the University of Michigan in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management and communications after turning in a stellar five-year football career for the Wolverines after receiving a medical hardship for his freshman year. He was a first-team All-Big Ten performer and co-captain in 1994. He ranks 10th on the Michigan career tackles record list.

     Morrison went on to play four seasons in the National Football League with the Indianapolis Colts (1995-98)., where he started 31 games over four seasons for the Colts and was on the team that played in the 1995 AFC Championship Game. Morrison and his wife, Mary, who was a first-team All-BIG 10 softball student-athlete at Michigan, have three sons, Alexander , Marco and Roman.