Coaches Spotlight: Vic Morris
Coaching is a year round job that certainly goes unnoticed. When you think of basketball, people tend to only think of the great athletes and never the coaches. The coaches are often overlooked when they have so much to deal…
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Continue ReadingCoaching is a year round job that certainly goes unnoticed. When you think of basketball, people tend to only think of the great athletes and never the coaches. The coaches are often overlooked when they have so much to deal with such as dealing with issues relating to managing egos and trying to figure out how to get these kids to buy into what he or she is selling in order to meet the bigger goals. Every high school player and coach’s dream is to make it to the Top28 in March and compete for a state championship. Last week, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of Shreveport, Louisiana’s hardest working coaches, Calvary’s Boys Basketball Coach, Vic Morris.
Coach Morris was born in Minden, La, but later moved to Inkster, Michigan. He played basketball at Inkster High school and upon graduation, he attended Cleveland State University. Coach Morris went on to play 6 years professionally in Europe and Canada. After competing his journey overseas, Coach Morris made his way back to Shreveport, La and is currently the Calvary Baptist varsity boys coach. He has 5 years of coaching experience on the high school level.Coach Morris stated, “The best part of being a coach is that get a chance to impact kids lives and give them opportunities that I once dreamed of when I was in their shoes. Basketball has been my passion since I was 8 years old, so being able to be around the game and helping others achieve their goals/dreams like others helped me is a blessing.” Coach Morris has a nice resume of helping kids from around the country and even at Calvary Baptist. His list includes Greedy Williams (LSU), Lee-Lee Williams (Oklahoma St.), Chanse Sylvie (Oklahoma Univ), Shea Patterson (Univ of Michigan), Tank Davis (Southern Arkansas) and Garett Kochkian (Arkansas Tech).
Coach Morris’ goals for this season were to compete and play every game, win a district title (Current record 12-13, District 5-0) and to make it down to Lake Charles so his team could compete for a state title. Coach Morris also hopes he can get his seniors into a college and that his underclassmen gain more exposure from college coaches around the world. Coach Morris wanted to thank Prep Hoops for taking out the time to write about coaches and their dedication, not only to the game, but for them sacrificing time to help kids around the world. I want to personally thank Coach Morris for his dedication not only to the kids lives he has touched at Calvary Baptist, but his dedication in the summer as he finds ways to travel across the world with Louisiana Select Team Millsap (Shreveport,La) in hopes of helping even more kids throughout the Arklatex.