Background
Morrill, Stew was born on July 25, 1952 in Provo, Utah, United States.
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Morrill, Stew was born on July 25, 1952 in Provo, Utah, United States.
Attended, Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho. Bachelor in Sociology, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, 1974.
Morrill was an All-American at Ricks College and a two-time All-Big Sky selection for Gonzaga University. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association berth in 1991.
Morrill coached at Colorado State University from 1992 to 1998 before resigning and taking the 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament. On January 17, 2008, in an 82–78 victory over Boise State University, Morrill logged his 226th Aggie victory, passing East. Lowell Romney to become the winningest coach in Utah State basketball history.
Morrill has a record of 602–281 overall (682), and 384–143 (729) with Utah State. He has also racked up an incredible home record of 193–13 (937) 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.
Although he has a very impressive regular season record, he has the second worst tournament record in National Collegiate Athletic Association history 1-9 (111) for any coach that has made the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament five or more times. He also has a record of 0-6 in the National Institute of Technology tournament. The other schools are Gonzaga and Kansas.
Over the past eleven years under Morrill, Utah State (764) had the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation behind Duke (831), Kansas (809) and Gonzaga (799).
All of his former assistants have had immediate success as head coaches at their respective schools. On January 9, 2015, USU announced that Stew would retire at the end of the 2014-2015 season.
These former assistant coaches or players of Morrill later became head coaches at the high school level or higher:
Tim Duryea: Utah State (2015–present)
Tony Fuller: Brophy College Preparatory (2006–2015)
Randy Rahe: Weber State (2006–present)
Dave Rice: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2011–present)
Blaine Taylor: Loyola Sacred Heart High School (1983–1986). Montana (1991–1998); Old Dominion (2001–2013)
Don Verlin: Idaho (2008–present).
Married Vicki Morrill. Children: Jesse, Allan, Nicole, Tiffany.