Will Morris Resigns as Women's Basketball Head Coach

Will Morris, head women's basketball coach for the Poets, has resigned from the position after ten years of service.  The Poets were 12-13 overall in each of the past two seasons.

The Poets narrowly missed a berth into the inaugural SCIAC Tournament last season with fifth place finish at 7-7 in the conference.  Two Poets were named to All-Conference teams with Kourtney Zilbert '11 earning first team honors and Rosario Rios-Aguilar '08 on the second team.  Zilbert was also named the D3Hoops.com West Region Rookie of the Year.

"I appreciate the hard work and dedication that Will has put into this program over the past ten years," said Whittier College Director of Athletics Rob Coleman.  "He represented the College with dignity and class and I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.  Whittier will begin to search for his replacement immediately and continue where he left off in building the program into a SCIAC Champion."

Morris began his coaching career as an assistant at the University of La Verne.  During his three years with the Leopards, they were nationally ranked every season.  The 1992-93 team was ranked first of all teams in the Western Region, were SCIAC Champs and reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.  He then went on to be an assistant at California State University-East Bay for their Division II men's basketball program.  In his second season, they won 18 games and were co-champions of the Northern California Athletic Conference.  While at Hayward, his defense was ranked second nationally in NCAA Division II.

Morris finishes his career with the Poets with an overall record of 118-131.  His best season as head coach came in 2000-01 with a 20-5 record.  It was the Poets' second 20-win season since 1985.