[1] Morris Scott attended Florida A&M University, where he played both basketball and baseball.
While playing basketball at Florida A&M, he helped lead the team to the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1999.
Scott then joined Grambling State University as an assistant basketball coach in 2010–11.
In the 2011–12 season, Scott joined Southern University as an assistant basketball coach where he would remain for seven years.
[3] Before the 2017–18 season, former head coach for the Southern Jaguars basketball Roman Banks was promoted to become athletic director for Southern, and Scott was promoted to interim head coach in his place.