Congrats to the Cincinnati Bearcats assistant coach Tim Morris for making the Silver Waves Media 50 Impactful High Major Assistant Coaches List.
Per GoBearcats
University of Cincinnati’s Tim Morris was one of 50 men’s basketball assistant coaches in the nation named to the Silver Waves Media 50 Impactful High Major Assistant Coaches List on Thursday.
The list honors a select group of current high major assistant coaches in Division I men’s basketball who have made an impact on the game according to the site’s research and consultation with athletics directors, presidents, search firms and numerous influencers in the sport.
“The Stanford graduate continues to ascend the ranks of college coaching,” the statement by Sliver Waves Media said. “With stops at Kennesaw State, Alabama, Nevada, and NKU, winning has seemed to follow Morris. He served in a player development role on a Nevada team that captured a CBI championship, and as an assistant coach at NKU where the Norse reached the NCAA tournament in two of his three seasons there. This past year at Cincinnati, the Bearcats finished the season 20-10 which included a 13-2 record at home and a share of the regular season AAC championship. Persistent in preparation and recruiting, Morris will be a name to watch in the coming years.”
Morris completed his first season as an assistant coach under John Brannen at Cincinnati in 2019-20, helping guide the Bearcats to a share of the American Athletic Conference regular-season championship and top seed in the league’s postseason tournament.
The accomplishment marked the third consecutive season Morris, together with Coach Brannen, had won a conference regular-season championship after claiming back-to-back Horizon League titles in 2018 and 2019 while at Northern Kentucky. While with the Norse, Morris helped direct NKU to two NCAA Tournament appearances (2017, 2019), one NIT appearance (2018), two Horizon League regular-season championships (2018, 2019) and a pair of conference tournament titles (2017, 2019). NKU registered a 72-30 overall record during his three seasons in Highland Heights, Ky.
Prior to NKU, Morris served as the director of player development at Nevada in 2015-16, under head coach Eric Musselman. The Wolf Pack won the College Basketball Invitational that season, finishing 24-14 overall.
Morris also worked as a graduate assistant at Alabama for three seasons.
His first assistant coaching position came at Kennesaw State during the 2011-12 season.
// SLIVER WAVE MEDIA IMPACTFUL HIGH MAJOR ASSISTANT COACHES
Matt Abdelmassih, Nebraska
Chris Acker, San Diego State
Rod Balanis, Notre Dame
Alvin Brooks III, Baylor
Duane Broussard, TCU
Eric Brown, Arizona State
Rashon Burno, Arizona State
Chis Caputo, Miami (Fla.)
Adam Cohen, Stanford
Tommy Connor, Utah
Chris Crutchfield, Arkansas
Patrick Eberhart, Nebraska-Omaha
Kim English, Tennessee
Adam Fisher, Miam (Fla.)
Chester Frazier, Virginia Tech
Davis Grace, Vanderbilt
George Halcovage, Villanova
Jason Hart, USC
Carlin Hartman, Oklahoma
Greg Heiar, LSU
Andy Hill, Utah
Bryan Hodgson, Alabama
Stan Jones, Florida State
Joel Justus, Kentucky
Dwayne Killings, Marquette
Robert Kirby, Georgetown
Tommy Lloyd, Gonzaga
Omar Lowery, Butler
Steve Lutz, Purdue
Ulric Maligi, Texas Tech
Korey McCray, Mississippi State
Mike Miller, Memphis
Ryan Miller, TCU
Tim Morris, Cincinnati
Luke Murray, Louisville
Kyle Neptune, Villanova
Darris Nichols, Florida
Tom Ostrom, Indiana
Rod Palmer, UCLA
Kenny Payne, Kentucky
Mike Rohn, Colorado
Kellen Sampson, Houston
Darren Savino, UCLA
John Scheyer, Duke
Dwayne Stephens, Michigan State
Tony Stubblefield, Oregon
Michael Schwartz, Tennessee
Jerome Tang, Baylor
Kurtis Townsend, Kansas
Keith Urgo, Penn State
Dave Velasquez, San Diego State
Jason Williford, Virginia
