Wayne Morgan (born October 7, 1950) was the Iowa State University men's basketball coach from 2003 to 2006.
During this time his team went to the NIT semifinals and the second round of the NCAA tournament, where they were overpowered by the eventual national champions, North Carolina.
He was fired by athletic director Jamie Pollard in March 2006 due to an emerging scandal in which Iowa State University allegedly paid a third party, D1 Scheduling, money which was linked to a cash-for-recruits program.
[2] Morgan was replaced by Greg McDermott, a native Iowan, and head coach of the University of Northern Iowa.
The Cyclones caught fire in the NIT, defeating Georgia, Florida State and Marquette, earning a trip to New York City in the semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
He spent his first season in Ames as an assistant at Iowa State, joining the ISU basketball staff in July 2002.
Morgan was involved in 12 NCAA Tournaments, seven regular-season conference titles, four NIT appearances and tutored nineteen players who have gone on to NBA careers.
He spent six years as head coach at Long Beach State, where he compiled a 91-84 overall mark and a 55-39 record in the Big West Conference before he was fired.