Post by Babyboomer on Jan 10, 2008 10:19:01 GMT -5
Is former Kentucky football coach Guy Morriss returning to the Bluegrass State? The Danville Advocate-Messenger reported on Wednesday that sources told the newspaper that Morriss will be in Danville on Thursday to talk to Boyle County about its football coaching job.
Boyle County athletic director Jim Spears wouldn't confirm that Morriss is the guy, but he did say "a big-name candidate has agreed to come talk with us on Thursday.
"If things go swimmingly well and we can nail down the details, we'll announce that we'll have a press conference on Friday to introduce a new coach to our team, students, fans and community."
Attempts to reach Morriss were unsuccessful.
Morriss succeeded Hal Mumme at UK and coached the Cats for two years (2001-02). His first team was 2-9, but the next year Morriss won over the UK fans when his team went 7-5. He left to become coach at Baylor, and was there for five years. He was fired after the 2007 season with an overall record of 18-40.
Morriss still owns a farm in Perryville (in Boyle County) that he bought when he was coaching at UK.
Boyle County was the most dominant high school program in Kentucky when Chuck Smith guided the Rebels to five consecutive state championships starting in 1999. After leading Boyle County to a state runner-up finish in 2004, Smith resigned to become an assistant at UK.
Chris Pardue, a longtime assistant to Smith at Boyle County, took over as head coach. The Rebels went 11-2 in his first year, but dropped to 6-6 in 2006 and 5-7 last fall.
Pardue resigned last month to become offensive coordinator at Campbellsville University.
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Boyle County athletic director Jim Spears wouldn't confirm that Morriss is the guy, but he did say "a big-name candidate has agreed to come talk with us on Thursday.
"If things go swimmingly well and we can nail down the details, we'll announce that we'll have a press conference on Friday to introduce a new coach to our team, students, fans and community."
Attempts to reach Morriss were unsuccessful.
Morriss succeeded Hal Mumme at UK and coached the Cats for two years (2001-02). His first team was 2-9, but the next year Morriss won over the UK fans when his team went 7-5. He left to become coach at Baylor, and was there for five years. He was fired after the 2007 season with an overall record of 18-40.
Morriss still owns a farm in Perryville (in Boyle County) that he bought when he was coaching at UK.
Boyle County was the most dominant high school program in Kentucky when Chuck Smith guided the Rebels to five consecutive state championships starting in 1999. After leading Boyle County to a state runner-up finish in 2004, Smith resigned to become an assistant at UK.
Chris Pardue, a longtime assistant to Smith at Boyle County, took over as head coach. The Rebels went 11-2 in his first year, but dropped to 6-6 in 2006 and 5-7 last fall.
Pardue resigned last month to become offensive coordinator at Campbellsville University.
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www.kentucky.com/295/story/281763.html
