* Big West Conference Coach of the Year (2000 & 2002)
* Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year (1991)

Entering his 22nd season as a collegiate head coach and 10th year at Utah State, Stew Morrill is on the door-steep of coaching immortality as he is just 13 wins shy of passing E. Lowell Romney (225-157) to become the winningest coach in school history.

In nine years as Utah State's head coach, Morrill has taken the Aggie Basketball program to unprecedented heights leading USU to an incredible 213-75 (.740) record, including a 112-40 (.737) conference mark in the Big West and WAC.

While at Utah State, he has guided the Aggies to eight straight 20-win seasons and eight straight postseason appearances (NCAA-5, NIT-3), both of which are school records. Prior to coach Morrill's current run, USU had never posted more than three straight 20-win seasons and participated in more than three straight postseason tournaments.

During the last eight years, Utah State is also one of just four teams in the nation to win at least 23 games in each of those seasons, along with Gonzaga, Kansas and Syracuse.

Morrill has also led Utah State to the sixth-best winning percentage in the nation during the last eight years at 76.2 percent with an overall record of 198-62. Against conference opponents, Utah State has a 129-45 record with three regular season league championships and four tournament titles during that time, including appearances in its league's tournament championship game seven times in the last eight years.

Under Morrill, Utah State has notched eight of the top 10 seasons in school history during the last eight years as the Aggies set a school record with 28 wins during the 2000 season, tied that record with 28 wins during the 2001 season and notched the eighth-most wins in school history during the 2007 season with 23 victories.

During the 2006-07 season, Morrill guided Utah State to a fourth-place finish in the WAC during the regular season, followed by its second straight appearance in the WAC Tournament championship game. USU also recorded 23-plus wins for the eighth straight season and participated in its eighth straight postseason tournament as it played at Michigan in the National Invitation Tournament.

Furthermore, the 2006-07 Aggie basketall-conference honorees.

Morrill, who was born in Provo, Utah and attended Provo High School, owns a career record of 431-213 in 21 years of collegiate coaching, including a 213-75 record at Utah State in nine years, a 121-86 record in seven years at Colorado State (1992-98) and a 97-52 mark in five campaigns at Montana (1987-91).

"There are several reasons that I was attracted to Utah State," Morrill said when he was hired. "The first was being a Utah native so that it is a homecoming of sorts for me. My mom, brother and sister all live within an hour and a half of Logan.

"I am very familiar with the tradition of Utah State basketball and can name the greats as well as any alumni could," Morrill added. "It is a good basketball situation and the premier job in the Big West Conference. My family will love the quality of the community of Logan. It is a great place to live and that is very important to me and my family. It just made sense to us."

The 55-year old ranks second on the CSU victory list and second in winning percentage. He guided the Rams to back-to-back 20-win seasons the last two years in Fort Collins, with identical 20-9 marks. During the 1997-98 season, CSU made its second trip to the NIT in the last three years.

Morrill guided CSU to two of its six all-time 20-win seasons and won at least 17 games five times in his seven years. In fact, Morrill-led CSU teams own three of the top seven winning seasons in school history.

During his tenure at Colorado State, he coached three first-team all-WAC selections, one second-team pick and six honorable mention choices. Three of his players were named to the WAC all-tournament team.

After his collegiate playing career, which included being named an All-American at nearby Ricks (Idaho) Junior College and a two-time all-Big Sky selection at Gonzaga, Morrill played professionally in Europe.

His coaching career began as an assistant at Gonzaga from 1975-78 and then to Montana where he was an assistant from 1979-86 working for Mike Montgomery, who spent 17 years as the head coach at Stanford. Montgomery worked under Jim Brandenburg and Jud Heathcote, who retired after a successful career, which included a national championship at Michigan State.

Morrill took over the Montana program in 1987 before moving to Colorado State in 1992. He is known for his deep-rooted values, consistency, hard work, dedication, honesty, integrity and concern for the welfare of his student-athletes.

Morrill earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Gonzaga in 1974. He was born July 25, 1952 in Provo, Utah.

He and his wife Vicki have four children; sons Jesse (29) and Allan (27) and daughters Nicole (24) and Tiffany (21). Morrill earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Gonzaga in 1974. He was born July 25, 1952 in Provo, Utah.

He and his wife Vicki have four children; sons Jesse (27) and Allan (25) and daughters Nicole (22) and Tiffany (19).