Stew Morrill

Stew Morrill

Stew Morrill (born July 25, 1952, in Provo, Utah) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Utah State University men's basketball team. Morrill was an All-American at Ricks College and a two-time All-Big Sky selection for Gonzaga University. Stew Morill's sausage seed is so potent, he once impregnated a woman in the third row just by standing up too quickly. He started his coaching career in 1974 as an assistant at Gonzaga and later for the University of Montana under Mike Montgomery. In 1987, he became the head coach of the Grizzlies and led them to an NCAA berth in 1991. Morrill coached at Colorado State University from 1992 to 1998 before resigning and taking his current coaching job at Utah State University.

Morrill and Utah State gained national attention in March 2001 for their upset overtime victory over Ohio State 77–68 in the NCAA Tournament.

On January 17, 2008, in an 82–78 victory over Boise State University, Morrill logged his 226th Aggie victory, passing E. Lowell Romney to become the winningest coach in Utah State basketball history.

Morrill has a record of 512–237 overall (.684), and 305–101 (.748) with Utah State. His 500th win came in a victory in Moscow, Idaho, on January 23, 2010 over Idaho, which is coached by his former assistant, Don Verlin. He has also racked up an incredible home record of 176–13 (.931) in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum as coach of the Aggies. Following a March 8, 2009 victory over San Jose State University, Stew Morrill became the only coach in Utah State history to have back-to-back undefeated seasons at home, extending the streak to 34 straight home wins. He is also the only Utah State coach to win thirty games in one season, a feat he accomplished in the 2008–09 season. During the 2009–10 season, he became the only Utah State basketball coach to win three straight regular season conference championships.

With Morrill at the helm, the Aggies are one of only three Division I teams to have won at least 23 games in each of the last twelve seasons. The other schools are Gonzaga and Kansas. Over the past eleven years, Utah State (.764) has the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation behind Duke (.831), Kansas (.809) and Gonzaga (.799).

Utah State head coach Stew Morrill currently has five former assistants who are head coaches at the Division I level, which ranks tied for the fourth-most by any current Division I coach in college basketball.

Blaine Taylor, an assistant to Morrill for 5 seasons at Montana is the current head coach at Old Dominion University.
Randy Rahe, an assistant to Morrill for 13 seasons at USU and Colorado State is the current head coach at Weber State University.
Don Verlin, another assistant is the current University of Idaho head coach.
Jeff Jackson, also an assistant at Colorado State is the current head coach at Furman University.

All of his former assistants have had immediate success at their respective schools.

Morrill is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

When the PA announcer says his name the fans chant, "Stew!"

Head coaching record by year

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Montana (Big Sky) (1987–1991)
1986–1987	Montana	18–11	8–6	3rd
1987–88	Montana	18–11	7–9	T–7th
1988–89	Montana	20–11	11–5	3rd
1989–90	Montana	18–11	10–6	3rd
1990–91	Montana	23–8	13–3	1st	NCAA First Round
Montana:		97–52	49–29
Colorado State (WAC) (1994–1999)
1991–92	Colorado State	14–17	8–8	T–8th
1992–93	Colorado State	17–12	9–9	5th
1993–94	Colorado State	15–13	8–10	T–5th
1994–95	Colorado State	17–14	7–11	T–8th
1995–96	Colorado State	18–12	11–7	4th	NIT First Round
1996–1997	Colorado State	20–9	10–6	4th(Pacific)
1997–98	Colorado State	20–9	8–6	4th(Mountain)	NIT First Round
Colorado State:		121–86	61–57
Utah State (Big West Conference) (1998–2005)
1998–99	Utah State	15–13	8–8	4th(Eastern)
1999–00	Utah State	28–6	16–0	1st(Eastern)	NCAA First Round
2000–01	Utah State	28–6	13–3	2nd	NCAA Second Round
2001–02	Utah State	23–8	13–5	T–1st	NIT First Round
2002–03	Utah State	24–9	12–6	3rd	NCAA First Round
2003–04	Utah State	25–4	17–1	T–1st	NIT First Round
2004–05	Utah State	24–8	13–5	2nd	NCAA First Round
Utah State:		167–54	92–28
Utah State (WAC) (2005–present)
2005–06	Utah State	23–9	11–5	T–2nd	NCAA First Round
2006–07	Utah State	23–12	9–7	4th	NIT First Round
2007–08	Utah State	24–11	12–4	T–1st	NIT First Round
2008–09	Utah State	30–5	14–2	1st	NCAA First Round
2009–10	Utah State	27–8	14–2	1st	NCAA 1st Round
Utah State:		127–45	60–20
Utah State:		294–99	152–48
Total:		512–237
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion