THE MORGAN FILE

Personal Information

Full Name: Amorrow Ford Morgan
Born: Oct. 8, 1987, in Memphis, Tenn.
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
High School: Cordova
College: Idaho State, 2012
Wife: Michelle

Coaching Experience

2013-14:
Illinois-Springfield, assistant coach
2014-15:
Our Lady of the Lake, assistant coach
2015-17:
Henderson State, assistant coach
2017-18:
Nicholls State, assistant coach
2018-19:
South Alabama, assistant coach
2019-21:
South Alabama, associate head coach
2021-23:
Loyola Chicago, assistant coach
2023-25:
Cal, assistant coach
2025-Present:
Tennessee, assistant coach

University of Tennessee head men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes announced May 2, 2025, the hiring of Amorrow (Uh-MARR-Oh) Morgan as the program’s newest assistant coach.

Morgan brings 12 years of collegiate coaching experience with him to Tennessee, including eight at the Division I level. He worked at Cal for the last two seasons.

“I am thrilled to welcome Amorrow to Rocky Top. As soon as we knew we had a decision to make, it was immediately clear Amorrow would be our first choice,” Barnes said upon announcing Morgan’s hire. “He is a young, energetic coach with a sharp basketball mind who will make an impact with our program from day one. I know he will do all he can to help our players excel and that he will mesh with the strong culture we have in place.”

Morgan’s two campaigns in Berkeley, Calif., came during a transition period that featured the Golden Bears’ final year in the Pac-12 and first year in the ACC. Nonetheless, his recruiting efforts helped the program sign a top-12 transfer class in both 2023 and 2024, per On3.

During his first year, Morgan helped Cal post a 10-win improvement from the prior season, tie for sixth in the Pac-12 and defeat three NCAA Tournament teams. Jalon Tyson averaged 19.6 points per game, en route to being a First Team All-Pac-12 designee and the No. 20 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

Entering his second year at Cal, Morgan played a pivotal role in signing both Andre Stojakovic and Jeremiah Wilkinson for the 2024-25 campaign. Stojakovic, the son of Peja, averaged 17.9 points per game and was an ACC All-Tournament pick, while Wilkinson put up 15.1 points per game, collecting ACC Sixth Man of the Year and ACC All-Rookie Team plaudits.

Morgan spent the prior two campaigns at Loyola Chicago, also during a transition, featuring the program’s final year in the MVC and first in the A10. His stint there included a superb 25-8 (13-5 MVC) showing in 2021-22 under a first-year head coach. The Ramblers won the fourth conference tournament title in program history and earned a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Five Loyola Chicago players collected postseason league honors during Morgan’s tenure. Lucas Williamson won MVC Defensive Player of the Year and garnered First Team All-MVC distinction in 2021-22.

Additionally, Morgan helped the Ramblers sign Sheldon Edwards and Jayden Dawson, who went on to post the top two single-season 3-point makes marks in program history, and Miles Rubin, who logged Loyola’s two best single-season blocks totals.

Morgan worked at South Alabama from 2018-21, the latter two years as associate head coach, and aided the Jaguars to 54 victories. He helped the team log a 20-11 (13-7 SBC) mark during a 2019-20 campaign in which it tied for second in the league before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled postseason play. It marked the program’s first 20-win total in 11 years (2008-09).

In 2017-18, Morgan got his start at the Division I level at Nicholls State. The Colonels turned in a 21-11 record and tied for the Southland regular season crown at 15-3, their first such title in 20 years (1997-98) and first time exceeding 20 victories in 23 years (1994-95). He helped Roddy Peters, the Southland Newcomer of the Year and a First Team All-Southland pick, average 19.7 points per game.

Morgan worked at Henderson State, a Division II school in Arkadelphia, Ark., from 2015-17. The team doubled its win total from his first year to the second, finishing 16-13 in 2016-17.

In 2014-15, Morgan served as an assistant at Our Lady of the Lake in San Antonio, Texas. He helped the Saints go 25-6, win the Red River Conference regular season title at 17-3 and reach the NAIA Sweet 16. Before that, in 2013-14, he got his coaching start at a Division II institution, Illinois-Springfield.

A Volunteer State native, Morgan hails from Memphis, Tenn., where he attended Cordova High School before doing a post-graduate year at The Patterson School in Lenoir, N.C. He then went to Idaho State, from which he graduated in 2012 with a degree in sport management.

Morgan scored 1,221 points during his career with the Bengals and was a two-time All-Big Sky honoree. The three-time team captain, who averaged 16.6 points per game as a senior, also served as the president and vice president of the school’s student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC).

After college, Morgan spent multiple years playing professionally in Europe, including a season in which he was the top scorer for the SC Itzehoe Eagles in Germany. Morgan is married to the former Michelle Bailey.