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Jim Morris (born February 20, 1950) is the former head baseball coach at the University of Miami and Georgia Tech. His teams qualified for NCAA Regionals for 32 consecutive years, 23 at Miami and nine at Georgia Tech. [1] Morris won national championships in 1999 and 2001, and earned National Coach of the Year honors in both seasons. Early career.
He attended Brownwood High School, but as Brownwood did not yet have a baseball program, he played football for the Lions from 1979–82 and won the state championship as a wingback, punter and kicker with Gordon Wood as a head coach.
From 1989-90, Morris served as head coach of the USA Baseball team that won a Silver Medal in the 1989 Presidential Cup (Taiwan), Bronze Medal at the Goodwill Games and the 1990 International Baseball Association (IBA) World All-Star Game in Atlanta.
Apr 19, 2018 · I was playing a summer league game. After the game, this man came to talk to me. He goes, "I'm the coach at Ranger Junior College. I want you to come play baseball for me. I know about your dream. I know about your grandfather. I know about your grades.
- Goalcast
On the morning of Wednesday, August 5, 2020, legendary baseball coach Jim Morris received a call that officially welcomed him to college baseball immortality.
Jim Morris has been a head coach at the collegiate level for 26 seasons and has recorded an overall 1,062-433-3(.710) mark. The University of Miami, with Coach Morris at the helm won the College World Series in 1999 and 2001.
Jim Morris is no stranger to big dreams. Since he was five years old, he passionately yearned to play baseball in the major leagues. However, despite all his hard work and determination, a series of unfortunate events and injuries scuttled his career before he was twenty-five.
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