Robert Bruce Morris (November 3, 1902 – November 1986)[1] was an American basketball head coach as well as former collegiate athlete. He served as the head coach for the Providence Steamrollers, a Basketball Association of America team, in 1946–47.[2] Morris then guided Brown University's men's basketball team from 1947 to 1954.[3] He accumulated a 28–32 record with Providence and overall 61–87 record with Brown.[2][3] While at Brown, one of his players was future College Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno, who earned two varsity letters.[4][5]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 3, 1902 Taylor, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 1986 Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1946–1947 | Providence Steamrollers |
| 1947–1954 | Brown |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As an athlete, Morris lettered in football, baseball, and track at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.[4] He was a member of a Penn Relays-winning track team and was later inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 1987.[4] Upon the conclusion of his coaching career he became a schoolteacher and high school coach at Pawtucket High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.[6]
Head coaching record
editProfessional
edit| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRO | 1946–47 | 60 | 28 | 32 | .466 | 4th in Eastern | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | Missed Playoffs |
| Career | 60 | 28 | 32 | .466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
College
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Bears (Independent) (1947–1953) | |||||||||
| 1947–48 | Brown | 6–14 | |||||||
| 1948–49 | Brown | 13–8 | |||||||
| 1949–50 | Brown | 11–14 | |||||||
| 1950–51 | Brown | 8–11 | |||||||
| 1951–52 | Brown | 5–15 | |||||||
| 1952–53 | Brown | 4–14 | |||||||
| Brown Bears (EIBL) (1953–1954) | |||||||||
| 1953–54 | Brown | 13–11 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
| Total: | 61–87 (.412) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Ancestry.com (Password required)". ancestry.com. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ a b "Robert Morris NBA coaching record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "Robert Morris college coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Bob Morris – Class of 1987". ESUwarriors.com. East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ "All-Time Letterwinners". BrownBears.com. Brown University. 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Basketball (1st ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-8108-6763-5.