Eric Morris
Followed Seth Littrell. Eric Morris moved North Texas from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.
In his own words
Whoever practices the best this week
Being a double legacy, I’m super excited about getting to Stillwater. I grew up going to games at Boone Pickens and can’t wait to get back. I’m excited to see the turnaround that Coach Morris and staff will have this year
Being a double legacy, I’m super excited about getting to Stillwater. I grew up going to games at Boone Pickens and can’t wait to get back. I’m excited to see the turnaround that Coach Morris and staff will have this year
North Texas is not the same team as last year. Coach Eric Morris and the majority of the team moved on to Oklahoma State
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 4th career season — faster than 19% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #505 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
7th-best Oklahoma State tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed Mike Gundy (2005–2025).
A portal-built roster.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
8th-best North Texas tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and underperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Seth Littrell (2016–2022).
| Season | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 5–7 | 6–7 | 1–0 | |
| Postseason | — | L bowl | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #98 | #70 | #112 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||
| Pass rate | 50.8 | 59.3 | 48.2 | |
| Coordinators | ||||
| OC | Jordan Davis | Jordan Davis | Jordan Davis | |
| DC | Matt Caponi | Matt Caponi | Skyler Cassity | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||
| Offense | 75 | 59 | 99 | |
| Defense | 1 | 26 | 26 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||
| 1st-down pass% | 50.8 | 58.1 | 45.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 50.8 | 51.9 | 45.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 60.4 | 58.5 | 61.3 | |
A portal-built roster.
Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
Coach of the Year: AAC Coach of the Year (2025)
Eric Morris
Offensive coordinator across 2 programs, 2 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.