Former Clemson Coach Hanging Up His Whistle for Next Season
By: Robert MacRae January 17, 2025

A former Clemson coach is hanging up his whistle, at least for next college football season.

Former Tiger offensive coordinator Chad Morris announced via social media early Friday morning that he’s stepping down from his coaching role at Texas State, in order to watch his son Chandler play his last college football campaign.

Morris, 56, spent the 2024 season as Texas State’s wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator after being named to that position last January.

“Coaching is a passion that I have enjoyed for 32 years,” Morris wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “This next year, Paula and I are going to enjoy watching Chandler play his final year of College Football. I look forward to many more years on the sidelines, but for this upcoming season, I am going to enjoy being in the stands.”

Prior to joining the staff at Texas State, Morris spent the 2023 season on Clemson’s staff as a special assistant.

Morris was Clemson’s offensive coordinator from 2011-14 before landing head coaching gigs at SMU and Arkansas. He spent the 2020 season as the offensive coordinator at Auburn before taking the head coaching job at Allen (Texas) High School.

After stepping down from his post at Allen after one season, Morris returned to the college ranks in 2022 as a senior offensive analyst at South Florida under former Clemson assistant and former USF head coach Jeff Scott.

Texas State head coach GJ Kinne was on Morris’ staff at both SMU and Arkansas when Morris was the head coach at those schools, and Kinne started at quarterback for Tulsa when Morris was the offensive coordinator there.

Chandler Morris started his college career at Oklahoma in 2020, then spent three seasons at TCU before transferring to North Texas for the 2024 season. He entered the transfer portal in December and will play the 2025 season at Virginia for former Clemson assistant/current UVA head coach Tony Elliott.

Chandler had a career year at North Texas in 2024, when he started all 12 games and was a Second Team All-AAC selection (Coaches), as well as a Third Team All-AAC selection by College Football Network. He led the AAC and closed the regular season fifth in the FBS in passing yards with 3,774, while he was first in the AAC and fourth in the country in passing touchdowns with 31.