Steve Morris
Coach Steve took an unlikely and circuitous path to his present
career destination. Determined from an early age to break into the
movie business, he ran the Yale Film Society during his tenure at
that small and obscure Ivy League school. Coming out of college he
found himself traveling the world producing television commercials
then spent a decade as a terminally aspiring screenwriter before
stumbling into the world of youth sports. With an energetic four
year old wanting to play soccer, Steve fell back on his distant
high school experience and with a bag of balls (and a few How-To
books), he brought Evan and a dozen of his friends out to the wilds
of Barrington where together they dipped a toe into what has become
an endless sea of soccer. For the past nine years, Steve has
been the Coach Administrator for AYSO Region 69, Pacific
Palisades-Brentwood, where he trains the coaches (now that he has a
clue about what he's doing) and doles out practice times and
All-Star advice. While Evan and Dori have moved on to club
(teams that Steve manages), he still coaches Griffie's regular
season and All-Star teams. What twelve years ago began as an excuse
for father-son bonding has turned into a year round enterprise that
includes weekly classes, summer camps, holiday clinics and private
lessons. And while this might not be the precise realization of
Steve's silver screen dreams (though the videos on our Media page
and on You Tube are not half bad), it does fulfill his aspirations
of reaching a widespread and appreciative audience every day.
10 Facts You May Not Know About Coach Steve
1. When he was born, his parents didn't actually name him
Coach.
2. Growing up, soccer was his second favorite sport. Watching TV
was #1.
3. He has three kids. Evan, Dori and Griffie. And a wife. Mrs.
Coach Steve...er...Marcy.
4. In his high school soccer career, he scored 1 goal. And it was
an accident.
5. He went to summer camp in upstate New York for 10 years. He got
too old to go so he created his own camp...which no one can kick
him out of.
6. He was a history major at Yale. How else could he think up all
those wacky camp morning rants?
7. His childhood heroes were Daffy Duck, Stymie, the Flash and
Beaver Cleaver. If he'd been around then, Bart Simpson would have
made the list.
8. In basketball, he can't go left.
9. He had a dog named Jolson who was featured on the front page of
the Wall Street Journal. Current pooches Brady and Reggie
have hired a PR firm to get them equal exposure.
10. He gets his hair cut at Yellow Balloon. Obvious, right?
11. Chocolate is his green kryptonite.
12. He doesn't make the teams for AYSO. Seriously...he
doesn't.
13. He loves what he does and considers himself the luckiest guy in
the world.
14. He's not so good at math....
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