Morris Gross

Morris Gross
Playing career
Sport(s)	Basketball, baseball
Basketball
1922–1924	San Diego State
1926–1927	San Diego State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1929–1942	San Diego State
Baseball
1931–1932	San Diego State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1935–1941	San Diego State
Head coaching record
Overall	190–85 (basketball) 10–6–1 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball NAIA (1941)

Morris H. Gross was a basketball player and coach, baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at San Diego State University from 1929 to 1942, compiling a record of 190–85. Smith was also the head baseball coach at San Diego State from 1931 to 1932, tallying a mark of 10–6–1. His 1940–41 basketball squad won the NAIA Men's Basketball Championship. Gross served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II. In November 1944 he was assigned to coach the Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils basketball team.^[1]

References

↑ "Morris Gross Will Be Airdevil Cage Coach". The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California). November 9, 1944. p. 2-B. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball head coaches

C. E. Peterson (1921–1926)
Tom McMullen (1926–1929)
Morris Gross (1929–1942)
Dom DeLauer & Dick Mitchell (1942–1943)
Alex Alexander (1943–1945)
Charles R. Smith (1945–1948)
George Ziegenfuss (1948–1969)
Dick Davis (1969–1974)
Tim Vezie (1974–1979)
Smokey Gaines (1979–1987)
Jim Brandenburg (1987–1992)
Jim Harrick, Jr. # (1992)
Tony Fuller (1992–1994)
Fred Trenkle (1994–1999)
Steve Fisher (1999– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

San Diego State Aztecs head baseball coaches

John Hancock (1926) Lee Waymire (1927) Harold G. Brucker (1928–1929) No team (1930) Morris Gross (1931–1932) No team (1933–1935) Charles R. Smith (1936–1942) No team (1943–1945) Charles R. Smith (1946–1964) Lyle Olsen (1965–1971) Jim Dietz (1972–2002) Tony Gwynn (2003–2014) Mark Martinez (2014– )

San Diego State Aztecs athletic directors

C. E. Peterson Morris Gross (1935–1941) Carl H. Young Charles R. Smith (1947–1954) Bill Terry Al Olsen Ken Karr (1968–1979) Cedric Dempsey (1979) Gene Bourdet (1979–1983) Mary Alice Hill (1983–1985) Fred Miller (1985–1995) Rick Bay (1995–2003) Mike Bohn (2003–2005) Jeff Schemmel (2005–2009) Jim Sterk (2010– )

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