A. B. Morris

A. B. Morris
Biographical details
Morris pictured in Prickly Pear 1925, Abilene Christian yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1900-04-13)April 13, 1900 Dallas, Texas
Died	May 4, 1983(1983-05-04) (aged 83) Abilene, Texas
Playing career
Football
1920–1922	Texas A&M
Baseball
1921–1923	Texas A&M
Position(s)	Quarterback (football) Shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924–1941	Abilene Christian
1942	Abilene Christian (assistant)
1946	Abilene Christian (assistant)
Basketball
1924–1943	Abilene Christian
1945–1955	Abilene Christian
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1927–1969	Abilene Christian
Head coaching record
Overall	66–78–18 (football) 304–242 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Asbury Bratten "Bugs" Morris (April 13, 1900 – May 4, 1983)^[1] was an American football and baseball player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He was the fifth head football coach at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, serving for 18 seasons, from 1924 until 1941, and compiling record of 66–78–18. Morris was also the head basketball coach at Abilene Christian from 1924 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1955, tallying a mark of 304–242. Bugs also coached Greenville High School in 1923 to a 4–3 mark.

References

External links

A. B. Morris at the College Football Data Warehouse

Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Vernon McCasland (1919–1920)
G. C. Morlan (1920–1921)
Dad Noles (1921–1922)
Victor Payne (1922–1924)
A. B. Morris (1924–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
A. B. Morris (1945–1955)
Dee Nutt (1955–1969)
Garnie Hatch (1969–1973)
Willard Tate (1973–1980)
Mike Martin (1980–1988)
Dee Nutt (1988–1990)
Darryn Shearmire # (1990–1991)
Tony Mauldin (1991–1996)
Shanon Hays (1996–1999)
Mike Martin (1999–2002)
Klint Pleasant (2002–2005)
Jason Copeland (2005–2011)
Joe Golding (2011–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Abilene Christian Wildcats head football coaches

Vernon McCasland (1919)
Sewell Jones (1920)
Russell Lewis (1921)
Victor Payne (1922–1923)
A. B. Morris (1924–1941)
Tonto Coleman (1942)
No team (1943)
Unknown (1944)
No team (1945)
Tonto Coleman (1946–1949)
Garvin Beauchamp (1950–1955)
Nick Nicholson (1956–1961)
Les Wheeler (1962–1967)
Wally Bullington (1968–1976)
DeWitt Jones (1977–1978)
Ted Sitton (1979–1984)
John Payne (1985–1990)
Ronnie Peacock (1991–1992)
Bob Strader (1993–1995)
Jack Kiser (1996–1999)
Gary Gaines (2000–2004)
Chris Thomsen (2005–2011)
Ken Collums (2012– )

Abilene Christian Wildcats athletic directors

A. B. Morris (1927–1969) Wally Bullington (1969–1988) Don Drennan (1988–1990) Cecil Eager (1990–1995) Stan Lambert (1995–2002) Wally Bullington # (2002) Shanon Hays (2002–2003) Jared Mosley (2004–2014) Lee De León (2014– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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