Don Morton
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Flint, Michigan, U.S. | April 10, 1947
Playing career | |
1966–1968 | Augustana (IL) |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1969–1970 | Moline HS (IL) (assistant) |
1971–1976 | Augustana (SD) (OC/OL) |
1977–1978 | North Dakota State (backfield) |
1979–1984 | North Dakota State |
1985–1986 | Tulsa |
1987–1989 | Wisconsin |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 76–51 |
Tournaments | 8–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NCAA Division II (1983) 4 NCC (1981–1984) 1 MVC (1985) | |
Don Morton (born April 10, 1947) is a former American football player, coach, and software executive. He served as the head football coach at North Dakota State University (1979–1984), the University of Tulsa (1985–1986), and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1987–1989), compiling a career college football record of 76–51. Morton's 1983 North Dakota State team won an NCAA Division II Football Championship.
Playing career and education
A native of Flint, Michigan, Morton played center at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois in the late 1960s and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 1969. He later earned a Master of Arts degree in education and administration from Western Illinois University in 1974.
Coaching career
Morton began his professional career in 1969 as assistant football and head wrestling coach at
Nearing the end of his failed stint at Wisconsin, Morton, on his coaches' show, emerged from a coffin to declare that he wasn't dead yet.[1]
Later years
A few years after his tenure as head football coach at Wisconsin, Morton returned to North Dakota State as the Assistant to the President and Director of University Relations. He later joined
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NCAA# | |||
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North Dakota State Bison (North Central Conference) (1979–1984) | |||||||||
1979 | North Dakota State | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1980 | North Dakota State | 6–4 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1981 | North Dakota State | 10–3 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Championship | 6 | |||
1982 | North Dakota State | 12–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | 2 | |||
1983 | North Dakota State | 12–1 | 8–1 | T–1st | W NCAA Division II Championship | 5 | |||
1984 | North Dakota State | 11–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II Championship | 1 | |||
North Dakota State: | 57–15 | 39–6 | |||||||
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1985) | |||||||||
1985 | Tulsa | 6–5 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (NCAA Division I-A independent) (1986) | |||||||||
1986 | Tulsa | 7–4 | |||||||
Tulsa: | 13–9 | 5–0 | |||||||
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (1987–1989) | |||||||||
1987 | Wisconsin | 3–8 | 1–7 | 10th | |||||
1988 | Wisconsin | 1–10 | 1–7 | 10th | |||||
1989 | Wisconsin | 2–9 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
Wisconsin: | 6–27 | 3–21 | |||||||
Total: | 76–51 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
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