Morris Scott attended Florida A&M University, where he played both basketball and baseball. While playing basketball at Florida A&M, he helped lead the team to the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1999. Scott was also named to the All-MEAC Tournament team that same year.[2] Scott graduated from Florida A&M with a bachelor's of science.
Coaching career
After graduating from Florida A&M, Scott coached for the basketball team as a graduate assistant (from 2003 to 2005) while pursuing his master's of science. Scott then spent a year as the head coach for Chipley High School basketball in Chipley, Florida, where he led the team to a district championship. In 2006, Scott became an assistant basketball coach for Northwest Florida State College, and followed that position up with a tenure as assistant basketball coach at Southeastern Louisiana University from 2007 to 2009. Scott returned to high school coaching for a year as head coach of the Middleton High School basketball team in Tampa, Florida. Scott then joined Grambling State University as an assistant basketball coach in 2010–11. In the 2011–12 season, Scott joined Southern University as an assistant basketball coach where he would remain for seven years.[3] Before the 2017–18 season, former head coach for the Southern Jaguars basketballRoman Banks was promoted to become athletic director for Southern, and Scott was promoted to interim head coach in his place.[4][5] That season, Scott led Southern to a 15–18 record. After Southern hired Sean Woods as head coach, Scott left to become the assistant basketball coach at Northwestern State University in 2019.[6] After one year in that capacity, Scott became an assistant basketball coach at the University of Louisiana–Monroe.[7]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
