Dr. Rich Morris has been the face of Rollins' renowned swimming programs for more than two decades. He oversaw of the Tars club programs when joining the college in August of 1990 and orchestrated the program's move to NCAA Division II status in 1995. Over the last 17 years, he has accumulated more than 350 dual meet victories at the helm of the program and continues to mentor some of the college's finest student-athletes.

In April of 2006, Morris was named Rollins College Director of Health Education and Student-Athlete Well-Being.

Morris is coach to Rollins' only NCAA Division II All-America swimmer in Kamel Tejeda. As a junior in 2009 he placed 11^th in the 200-yard freestyle, 13^th in the 500-yard freestyle, 21^st in the mile, and 27^th in the 1000-yard freestyle. Tejeda returned as a senior to qualify for two events at the National Championships.

In 2005, he led both the men's and women's teams to national rankings and had many swimmers just miss participating in the NCAA Division II National Championships, which was hosted by Rollins at the YMCA Aquatic Center. Morris oversaw all operations of the event that set many national records. Also that season, Morris was honored as the Student Athlete Advisory Committee "Coach of the Year," the second time he has received the award during his career (1996).

Morris has also spearheaded and hosted the first-ever Sunshine State Invitational, which directly led to the Sunshine State Conference adopting swimming in 2010-11.

In the summer of 2008, Morris was selected as keynote speaker for all athletics coaches at Lake Brantley School District. He shared his presentations "Dealing with Millenial Parents" and "How I Learned to Thank My Parents for Letting Me Grow Up."  In 2004, he served as President of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.

Prior to building the Tars swimming program, Morris began his coaching career as the head coach of the Ringgold Municipal Swim Team in Chattanooga, serving in that capacity from 1979-84. He then moved onto Goucher College to become the Aquatics Director and head swim coach, leading the Gopher women to back-to-back Chesapeake Women's Athletic Conference championships.

Morris and his wife Lisa have two children, Nathan and Ashley.

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