Scott Morrison is an assistant coach for the NBA’s Utah Jazz. He was previously the head coach of the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League during the 2022-23 season.
Morrison spent the 2021-22 season as the head coach of the Perth Wildcats of Australia’s National Basketball League. He had served the four previous seasons as a Boston Celtics assistant under Brad Stevens. Morrison earned his opportunity with the Celtics after coaching with the Maine Red Claws in the NBA D-League from 2013-2017.
In 2001, after his first year of graduate studies at Dalhousie University, Morrison was appointed an assistant coach of Dalhousie’s women’s basketball team. In 2002, as a 24-year-old, he was elevated to head coach of the team.
In 2003, Morrison was appointed head coach of Lakehead University’s men’s basketball team. Under his leadership, Lakehead went from the worst team in the nation in 2006 to a perennial top five program from 2008 to 2013.
For the 2013–14 season, Morrison took a one-year sabbatical leading to his opportunity with the Red Claws.
Morrison was born and raised in Morell, Prince Edward Island and attended Morell Regional High School. Growing up, his father George was the head coach of the UPEI Panthers men’s basketball program.
From 1995 to 2000, Morrison attended the University of Prince Edward Island and played for the Panthers graduating as the school’s all-time leader in assists and 3-point field goals made and ranking fifth on the all-time scoring list.
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Get ready to take some notes as you listen to this episode with Scott Morrison, Assistant Coach for the NBA’s Utah Jazz.
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Welcome Scott!