Morris Watts

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Morris Watts (born 1936 in Seneca, Missouri) is a college football coach. He was the interim head coach at Michigan State for the last three games of the 2002 season. He has also coached at Mississippi State and the University of Tulsa and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. On January 23, 2007, he was hired as the offensive coordinator for Broken Arrow High School's football team in Oklahoma.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Michigan State

Watts was the offensive coordinator at Michigan State Spartans during the George Perles era for eight seasons from 1986-90 and 1992-94. He rejoined the Spartans as a member of Bobby Williams' coaching staff and became the interim head coach in 2002 when Williams was fired after guiding a pre-season top 20 team to a 3-6 start. During his brief stint as interim head coach, he was 1-2. Following the season, he left the Michigan State football program for Mississippi State. He also coached at LSU as an offensive coordinator in the late 1990s.

[edit] Mississippi State

Watts showed his dynamism when he was hired at Mississippi State by saying at his introduction, “We want to be an offense that is balanced. Does that mean out of 100 plays we'll pass 50 times and run 50 times? No! We may throw 70 and run 30 or we may run 70 and throw 30. We'd like to spread the field and give our kids the best chance to win".^[1][2] In 2003, the Bulldogs were 2-10.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Watts 'Thrilled' to Join Sherrill's MSU Staff", Dawg’s Bite, January 31, 2003. 
2. ^ "2003 Football Statistics", Mississippi State University, 2003. 

Preceded by Bobby Williams

Michigan State Head Football Coach 2002–2002

Succeeded by John L. Smith