“Our coaches are finally on vacation… I think it’s still very important that there’s a separation before we get everything started… It’s almost become year-round in the football calendar… I think it’s really important that [players] spend time with just the strength coach in the month of July. I’m just coming off of vacation… going to go immediately back on vacation… Then hopefully our coaches get back, get rejuvenated, organize all of our stuff going into fall camp… I want our players to have that excitement about football still… It will be the shortest training camp I’ve ever been a part of, but super confident in the fact that we’ve been able to practice so much.”
Morris also acknowledged Gundy, saying:
“Obviously, my predecessor had an amazing career in Mike Gundy… the bar is set pretty high.”
Eric Morris also praised the leadership of Oklahoma State, including president Jim Hess and athletic director Chad Weiberg, and expressed that they’re completely aligned with what they hope to achieve.
He also said he was incredibly excited to live in Stillwater and believes that it’s the right place to raise his kids.
What’s Eric Morris’ background?
Oklahoma State will be Eric Morris’ third head coaching job, having spent the last three seasons at North Texas. Before that, he coached Incarnate Word for four seasons, between 2018 and 2021. He was the offensive coordinator at Washington State in 2022, before taking over at North Texas.
At North Texas, he had an overall record of 22-16, with his highlight season being 2025 when he led the Mean Green to an 11-2 overall record and an appearance in the American Conference’s championship game against Tulane. For his efforts, he was named the AAC’s Coach of the Year.
At Incarnate Word, he was the Southland Conference Coach of the Year (2018 and 2021) and won the Cardinals two conference championships.
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