Rob Morris

Rob Morris has established LIU Post as a cross country powerhouse across the ECC and the East Region in the past decade.  As Morris enters his eighth year overseeing both the men's and women's cross country programs, Morris will attempt to continue the success that the Pioneers have had in competition recently.

2013 marked the second time in three years that the Pioneers swept the ECC Championship as both the men's and women's teams took home the title.  For the men's team, it marked a fifth consecutive championship victory, while the women celebrated their second ECC title in three years.  Four Pioneers took home All-Conference honors, including Joseph Lasher, who finished second in the 8K run and took first-team kudos.  Lasher and two other runners---Matt O'Keefe and Elizabeth Stirling---received All-Region accolades at the NCAA Division II East Regional Championships.

Under Morris’ tutelage in 2012, the men’s team claimed the ECC Championship, their fourth straight conference title. Four men and two women earned All-Conference recognition, Morris was named the Coach of the Year for the fourth-straight year, and freshman Elizabeth Stirling was named ECC Female Rookie of the Year.

Both the men’s and women’s teams claimed the 2011 ECC Championship, as the women’s team captured its first title. Four women and four men finished in the top 12, respectively, earning All-Conference recognition, and Morris was named the Coach of the Year by his peers.

In 2010, Morris’s men’s squad completed a back-to-back championship performance at the ECC Championships, securing the fifth title in school history. Five Pioneers finished in the top 11 at the championships to help secure the victory. In all, six male and female Pioneer runners landed on All-Conference First and Second teams.
The 2009 men’s cross country team had three male runners finish in the top ten of the championships, with four runners earning spots on the All-Conference teams.

Under Morris’ guidance, 26 Pioneers have made All-Conference teams since 2009.

Morris’s teams have also had strong showings at the NCAA Division II East Regional. The men finished 10th out of 26 teams in 2009 and then an even better finish of eighth out of 25 teams in the field in 2010 and 2011. The women earned 16th place at the race out of 25 teams in 2009, 19th out of 28 teams in 2010, and finished 17th out of 27 teams in 2011.

Morris, a 2004 graduate of LIU Post, returned to the Brookville campus following one year at Nova High School in Davie, Fla. as a head track and field as well as women’s soccer coach. Morris also served as an assistant coach for boys and girls cross country.
Currently, Morris is the assistant coach of boys’ track and field and teaches seventh and eighth grade at Stimson Middle School in Huntington Station, N.Y.

While competing at LIU Post, the two-time NYCAC cross country champion captained the Pioneers’ track and field and cross country squads and served on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC). He was a three-time cross country MVP and was named to the 3,000-meter track and field “All Time List”.

Prior to coming to LIU Post, Morris served as a captain on the cross country and track and field teams at Patchogue-Medford High School and was a three-time Suffolk All-County Team selection. He was a cross country state qualifier in 1998 and qualified in the 1600m in track and field in 1999. Morris also placed 19th at the High School Nationals in the mile.

Morris is a certified teacher in Secondary English in Florida and New York. He also holds a USA Track and Field Level I and Level II Endurance Coaching Certificate. Morris is married to assistant coach, Christa, and the couple resides in Patchogue, N.Y.