Chad Morris hired as senior offensive analyst at USF

Chad Morris is back in college football after a season away. USF announced earlier today that they hired the former head coach and offensive specialist as an offensive analyst for the Bulls.

Welcome to the Bay, Coach Morris!

📰https://t.co/WQco56zvP5#HornsUp 🤘 | #US2F

— USF Football (@USFFootball) July 18, 2022

Morris had spent the last year coaching in the high school level at Allen High School in Texas. His head coaching experience included a three year tenure at SMU and a two year stint at Arkansas. His overall record from the stops in Dallas and Fayetteville was 18-40.

Morris has made multiple other stops along the way in offensive roles. One included a stop at Clemson, alongside USF head coach Jeff Scott, where he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2011-2014. There was also a job as the assistant head coach and OC at Tulsa in 2010. Morris’ most recent college gig was an offensive coordinator and QB coach opportunity at Auburn in 2020.

Scott is in desperate need of some help after a 3-18 start to his career in Tampa. The Bulls averaged just 23.2 points per game in Scott’s two seasons. That ranked them as 103rd in the NCAA in 2020 and 100th in 2021. While not a full-on coach, Chad Morris will look to put his imprint on the USF offense this fall.

Greg Sankey lays down ground rules for coaches at SEC Media Day

Ahead of the first press conference at the 2022 SEC Media Days, conference commissioner Greg Sankey attempted to lay down some ground rules for the head coaches. After an offseason that included a public feud between Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher, Sankey’s hoping for less drama in Atlanta than he had in Destin.

“What I said in Destin — and this is a good reminder, I hope [the head coaches are] all watching … they’re responsible [at SEC media days] to talk about their players, their programs and the prospects for their season,” Sankey said on SEC Network, via Mike Rodak.

“If you remember the three Ps, you’re going to be in good shape. You’re going to be prompted for the fourth P to talk about everybody else and everything else, and you better figure out how you’re going to handle [those questions from reporters].”

Sankey also gave the coaches his best PR 101 advice: “Answer the question you want to answer, not the one they ask you.”

Coaches who hit the podium for day one were LSU’s Brian Kelly, Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin and Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz.