Dwane Morrison (born c. 1931)
Teams coached: South Carolina Gamecocks, Mercer Bears, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
South Carolina record: 4-8 (.333)
Mercer record^: 48-22 (.686)
Georgia Tech record: 91-122 (.427)
Overall record^: 143-152 (.485)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (1972)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1973-1981 | Georgia Tech |
| 1970-1973 | Mercer |
| 1964-1970 | Georgia Tech (asst) |
| 1964 | South Carolina (interim HC) |
| 1963-1964 | South Carolina (asst) |
Dwane Morrison Facts
- Dwane Morrison
- Born c. 1931
- Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky
- Alma Mater: University of South Carolina (BA, 1954)
- His father was “Jughandle” Johnny Morrison, who spent ten years pitching in the MLB and won a World Series title in 1925
- Played at Campbellsville JC (KY) for two years then played for head coach Frank Johnson at South Carolina
- Started coaching after graduating from USC, first working at his old high school in Owensboro, KY
- Returned to South Carolina in 1963, hired as the freshman coach and as an assistant to head coach Chuck Noe
- Elevated to interim head coach in 1964 when Noe resigned, Morrison went 4-8 over the last 12 games of the season
- After the season, he joined John “Whack” Hyder‘s staff at Georgia Tech and spent the next six seasons as one of his assistants
- Left GT in 1970 to be the head coach at (then D-II) Mercer, going 48-22 over three seasons there
- Finished above .500 all three seasons and led the Bears to the D-II NCAA Tournament in 1972
- Returned to Georgia Tech in 1973 to take over for Hyder as the Yellow Jackets’ head coach
- Went 91-122 over eight seasons at the helm, but failed to reach the postseason
- Fired in March 1981 after back-to-back seasons winning less than 10 games
Dwane Morrison Coaching Tree
- Benny Dees (Western Carolina, Wyoming, New Orleans)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels, as Mercer was a D-II program until the 1973-74 season
