COACH GORDON MORGAN’S BIO

ALL-STATE OUTFIELDER FROM WILL ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA 1953

SIGNED WITH CHICAGO WHITE SOXS IN 1953. TORN KNEE RUINED PRO HOPES AND WAS DRAFTED IN THE ARMY IN 1956. FOR TWO YEARS IN THE ARMY HE PLAYED WITH THESE BASEBALL GREATS: BILL WHITE-NEW YORK GIANTS, JOEL HORLEN-CHICAGO WHITE SOXS, AL SPANGLER- MILWAUKEE BRAVES, BOB BRUCE-HOUSTON COLTS, AND GORDIE COLEMAN-BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

AFTER STINT IN ARMY HE WAS A STUDENT AND BASEBALL COACH FOR UNIVERSITY OF TULSA FROM 1959-62.

TEACHER AND COACH AT WILL ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1962-88. COACHED CROSS COUNTRY AND SWIMMING FOR FIVE YEARS AND TOOK OVER THE BASEBALL TEAM IN 1968. IN HIS 20 YEARS AS HEAD BASEBALL COACH HIS TEAMS WON A TOTAL OF 4 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, ONE RUNNER-UP, AND 15 REGIONALS. CAREER RECORD WAS 500 WINS-199 LOSSES.

RETIRED FROM TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND JOINED THE TEACHING AND COACHING STAFF OF BISHOP KELLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. IN HIS 9 YEARS AS HEAD SOFTBALL COACH HE WON 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1 RUNNER-UP, 8 REGIONALS AND PRODUCED 7 ALL-STATERS. HIS WIN-LOSS RECORD AT KELLEY WAS 298-98.

FROM HIS BISHOP KELLEY TEAMS THESE PLAYERS WENT ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL: KATIE MORGAN-UNIV.OF KANSAS, JOY MARIE SOERRIES-PITTSBURG ST. AND WASHBURN UNIV.,LISA MCCORMICK-UNIV.CENTRAL OKLA., AMY GEMMILL-TULSA UNIV., TRESA GREEN-OKLA.UNIV. AND TULSA UNIV.,MISSY FOSTER-UNIV.CENTRAL OKLA., TORI PIWOWAREK-SAINT GREGORY’S UNIV., JENNY MAGILL-TULSA UNIV., PAULA GARMAN-OKLAHOMA ST. UNIV., TIFFANY WOOLLEY-ARKANSAS UNIV., ERIN WHITTY-ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, CRISTIN BURTON- CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNIV., AND AMANDA CADION-NEWMAN UNIVERSITY.

IN 1984 COACH MORGAN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE OKLAHOMA COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES.

IN 1980 AND 1984 HE WAS RUNNER-UP FOR THE NHS-ACA NATIONAL BASEBALL COACHES HALL OF FAME.

ON 23 OCCASIONS HE RECEIVED “COACH OF THE YEAR” FOR CITY, REGIONAL AND STATE ASSOCIATIONS.

HE WAS THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL IN THE NHS-ACA FROM 1975-1980.

GORDON WAS THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN FOR THE ALL-AMERICAN SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR BCA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FROM 1993-1997

COACH MORGAN IS RETIRING FROM 40 YEARS OF COACHING AND TEACHING THIS MAY OF 1999, BUT HE WILL REMAIN ACTIVE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUNBELT CLASSIC BASEBALL SERIES.