Mike Morrell

Mike Morrell (born August 22, 1982)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: UNC Asheville Bulldogs
Current conference: Big South Conference
UNC Asheville record: 95-88 (.519)
Overall record: 95-88 (.519)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1  (2023)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• CBI Appearances:  1  (2022)
• Big South Regular Season Champion:  1  (2023)
• Big South Tournament Champion:  1  (2023)

Awards:

• Big South Coach of the Year:  1  (2023)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2018-present	UNC Asheville
2017-2018	Texas (asst)
2016-2017	Texas (DPD)
2015-2016	Texas (asst)
2013-2015	VCU (asst)
2011-2013	VCU (DBO)
2010-2011	Charleston Southern (asst)
2008-2010	Clemson (DBO)
2007-2008	Clemson (grad. asst)
2005-2007	King College (asst)

Mike Morrell Facts

• Michael Morrell
• Born August 22, 1982
• Hometown: Elizabethton, Tennessee
• Alma Mater: Milligan College (BA, 2005)
• Played both basketball and golf at NAIA Milligan College (TN)
• Started his coaching career as an assistant for two seasons at Division II King College (TN)
• Spent one year as a graduate assistant, followed by two years as DBO at Clemson under head coach Oliver Purnell
• After one year as an assistant under Barclay Radebaugh at Charleston Southern, Morrell joined Shaka Smart‘s staff at VCU
  • Worked with Smart at VCU for four seasons (two as DBO and two as an assistant) and then three more seasons as an assistant at Texas (one as Director of Program Development and two as an assistant)
• Hired in April 2018 to be the head coach of the UNC Asheville Bulldogs
  • After winning just 4 games in his first year, led the Bulldogs to a 15-16 record in his second
  • Reached the CBI in 2022, going 17-15 that season, and the following year won an outright Big South title, was named Big South COY and won the Big South Tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament

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