Pat Morris

Biography

Pat Morris enters his fourth season as head men's soccer coach at Penn State Abington. In his two seasons since the Covid-19 pandemic, Morris guided the Nittany Lions to back-to-back United East semifinal appearances. Abington finished the 2022 season with an 8-8-3 overall mark and were 5-3-0 in conference play to earn the fourth seed in the United East Tournament. The Nittany Lions took top-seeded St. Mary's College to overtime before falling just short, 2-1. In his first full season after the 2020 campaign was canceled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Morris guided the Nittany Lions to an 8-7-3 overall record and finished United East play with a 4-2-2 mark. Abington qualified for the conference tournament as the fourth seed. Morris joined the Nittany Lions from Division I Saint Joseph's University where he assisted the program for the last 10 years. In 2018, Morris helped the Hawks to an 8-7-3 season which were the most in program history since 2003. That season, he developed Leon Maric into an Atlantic 10 First Team selection and Philadelphia Soccer Six Player of the Year. In 2018, Morris helped coach then-sophomore defender David Grana, the program's first CoSIDA Academic All-American. Prior to his time at Saint Joseph's, Morris played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He started his career with the Philadelphia KIXX and was one of the most decorated players during his time there. He was a two-time MISL Champion with the Kixx over his 11 years with the team,