Stew Morrill
Stew Morrill (born July 25, 1952)
Teams coached: Montana Grizzlies, Colorado State Rams, Utah State Aggies
Montana record: 97-52 (.651)
Colorado State record: 121-86 (.585)
Utah State record: 402-156 (.720)
Overall record: 620-294 (.678)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (1991, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 6 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008)
- CIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2012)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 4 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Big West Regular Season Champion: 3 (2000, 2002, 2004)
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 1 (1991)
- WAC Tournament Champion: 2 (2009, 2011)
- Big West Tournament Champion: 4 (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005)
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 1 (1991)
Awards:
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2011)
- WAC Coach of the Year: 3 (2009, 2010, 2011)
- Big West Coach of the Year: 2 (2000, 2002)
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 1 (1991)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1998-2015 | Utah State |
| 1991-1998 | Colorado State |
| 1986-1991 | Montana |
| 1978-1986 | Montana (asst) |
| 1974-1978 | Gonzaga (asst) |
Stew Morrill Facts
- Stewart V. Morrill
- Born July 25, 1952
- Hometown: Provo, Utah
- Alma Mater: Gonzaga University (BA, 1974)
- Played at Ricks JC (ID) for two years before finishing his career at Gonzaga, where he was a twice all-Big Sky under coach Adrian Buoncristiani
- Started his coaching career at his alma mater, Gonzaga, spending four seasons as an assistant under Buoncristiani
- Spent eight seasons as an assistant to Mike Montgomery at Montana, getting promoted to head coach when Montgomery left for Stanford in 1986
- Won 97 games over five seasons as head coach, sweeping the Big Sky in 1991 and earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament
- Was then head coach at Colorado State for seven seasons, reaching the NIT twice and winning 121 (59%) of his games there
- Longest-tenured position was as the head coach at Utah State, where we won 402 games in 17 seasons and went to eight NCAA Tournaments and four NITs
- Reached the postseason each season 2000-12, winning 7 conference titles and 6 conference tournaments over that span
- Got his 500th career win on January 23, 2010, as his Aggies beat his former assistant Don Verlin‘s Idaho Vandals
- Earned win #600 on March 1, 2014 on the road against San Jose State
- Retired after the 2014-15 season, his 29th overall as a head coach, with 620 career coaching victories
- Along with his late wife, Vicki, has two sons and two daughters
Stew Morrill Coaching Tree
- Terry Dunn (Dartmouth)
- Tim Duryea (Utah State)
- Don Holst (Montana)
- Jeff Jackson (Furman, New Hampshire)
- Randy Rahe (Weber State)
- Dave Rice (UNLV)
- Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion, Montana)
- Wayne Tinkle (Oregon State, Montana)
- Don Verlin (Idaho)