Football
Morris, Sammy
Sammy Morris
- Title:
- Assistant Director for Player Support Development
Texas Tech great and NFL veteran Sammy Morris enters his fifth season on the Red Raider football staff as the Director of Player Support Development and NFL liaison.
In his role, Morris is Texas Tech’s liaison to NFL scouts and team personnel as part of head coach Joey McGuire’s open-door policy for all 32 teams. Morris also puts together a video series for the Red Raiders, presenting various football situations as part of his weekly Football IQ series. His most important role, however, is as a life coach and advisor for more than 100 student-athletes in the football program based on his own experiences as an athlete at both the collegiate and professional levels. Morris often serves as an advisor for freshman and transfer student-athletes entering the program.
The job responsibilities outlined possibly couldn’t be a better fit for Morris, who has his own unique story that easily relates to student-athletes. Once one of the top athletes to come out of the San Antonio area, Morris looked to be the future at running back for the Red Raiders as a freshman in 1996 before academic issues kept him off the field for the next three seasons.
Morris returned and was elected a team captain prior to his 1999 senior season where he had a memorable 170-yard performance against rival Texas A&M and eventually led the team with 948 all-purpose yards. His efforts were recognized following the season as he was tabbed the Pete Cawthon Memorial Team MVP and was honored with Donny Anderson Sportsmanship Award.
Morris’ redemption story earned him an opportunity at the next level a few months later when the Buffalo Bills selected him in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. The Bills were one of four stops for Morris during his 12-year NFL career as he played in Super Bowl XLII with the Patriots. He played for Buffalo from 2000-03 before stints with the Dolphins (2004-06), Patriots (2007-10) and the Cowboys (2011).
Following his playing career, Morris served as an assistant coach for Attleboro High School (Mass.) beginning in 2013 and then as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Patriots from 2016-18. Morris, who was part of the Patriots’ Super Bowl LI championship team, was hired in 2018 as the running backs coach at Dean College.
The son of an Air Force veteran, Morris earned his undergraduate degree at Texas Tech in communications studies in the fall of 1999.
He and his wife, Leslie, are parents to three children, daughters, Kiera and Jadyn, as well as a son, Sammy. Kiera and Jadyn are both graduates of Texas Tech, while Sammy was a four-year member of the football program as a defensive back (2021-24). He will be a senior defensive back at Abilene Christian during the 2025 season.
In his role, Morris is Texas Tech’s liaison to NFL scouts and team personnel as part of head coach Joey McGuire’s open-door policy for all 32 teams. Morris also puts together a video series for the Red Raiders, presenting various football situations as part of his weekly Football IQ series. His most important role, however, is as a life coach and advisor for more than 100 student-athletes in the football program based on his own experiences as an athlete at both the collegiate and professional levels. Morris often serves as an advisor for freshman and transfer student-athletes entering the program.
The job responsibilities outlined possibly couldn’t be a better fit for Morris, who has his own unique story that easily relates to student-athletes. Once one of the top athletes to come out of the San Antonio area, Morris looked to be the future at running back for the Red Raiders as a freshman in 1996 before academic issues kept him off the field for the next three seasons.
Morris returned and was elected a team captain prior to his 1999 senior season where he had a memorable 170-yard performance against rival Texas A&M and eventually led the team with 948 all-purpose yards. His efforts were recognized following the season as he was tabbed the Pete Cawthon Memorial Team MVP and was honored with Donny Anderson Sportsmanship Award.
Morris’ redemption story earned him an opportunity at the next level a few months later when the Buffalo Bills selected him in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. The Bills were one of four stops for Morris during his 12-year NFL career as he played in Super Bowl XLII with the Patriots. He played for Buffalo from 2000-03 before stints with the Dolphins (2004-06), Patriots (2007-10) and the Cowboys (2011).
Following his playing career, Morris served as an assistant coach for Attleboro High School (Mass.) beginning in 2013 and then as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Patriots from 2016-18. Morris, who was part of the Patriots’ Super Bowl LI championship team, was hired in 2018 as the running backs coach at Dean College.
The son of an Air Force veteran, Morris earned his undergraduate degree at Texas Tech in communications studies in the fall of 1999.
He and his wife, Leslie, are parents to three children, daughters, Kiera and Jadyn, as well as a son, Sammy. Kiera and Jadyn are both graduates of Texas Tech, while Sammy was a four-year member of the football program as a defensive back (2021-24). He will be a senior defensive back at Abilene Christian during the 2025 season.
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