[2] In his senior year of 1951–52, Morrison led the Gamecocks with a 19.8 scoring average and was selected second team All-Southern Conference.

His college coaching career accelerated when Noe resigned due to exhaustion midway through the season.

Morrison was named interim head coach for the last 12 games of the season, leading the Gamecocks to a 4–8 record down the stretch.

After a successful three-year stint at Mercer (48–22), Morrison had the opportunity to succeed his former mentor Hyder as head coach at Georgia Tech.

Morrison led the Yellow Jackets for eight years from 1973 to 1981, a period which saw the school move from Independent status to the new Metro Conference, back to independent status and finally led their transition to the Atlantic Coast Conference.