Weber State University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line
- Email:
- stevenmorton@weber.edu
- Phone:
- 801-626-6689
Veteran college coach Steve Morton is in his second season at Weber State. In February 2013 he was elevated to the position of Associate Head Coach. He also continues to coach the offensive line for the Wildcats.
Morton has an extensive resume of college football coaching, bringing 39 years of coaching experience to the Wildcat program including stints at major FBS universities.
Prior to coming to Weber State in the summer of 2012 he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Washington State where he coached with Jody Sears. Morton began his coaching career in 1975 as a Washington State graduate assistant under Jim Walden. He became a full-time assistant coach at his alma mater in 1977 and spent the next 10 seasons in Pullman.
In 1987 Morton moved to Iowa State University, where he spent the next five seasons. He then went to Washington as offensive line coach where he spent seven seasons and had five bowl appearances with the Huskies. He then spent two seasons at USC (1999-2000). He also had a one-year stint at Nevada in 2001 before spending three seasons at Stanford as the offensive line coach (2002-04). He spent five years at San Jose State, the first as offensive line coach and the last four as the offensive coordinator.
Morton has coached five Pac-10 Morris Trophy winners, signifying the conference's best lineman. Additionally he has mentored four first-team All-America players, and NFL first-round draft choices Kwame Harris of Stanford and Lincoln Kennedy of Washington.
As a player, he was a center and offensive guard on the 1973 and 1974 Washington State teams, playing for head coach Jim Sweeney. He graduated in 1977 with a degree in physical education.
Morton and his wife Karen have two adult children, son Beau and daughter Bethany. He also has a son-in-law, Zech Bordon, a grandson, Caleb and a granddaughter Isabel.
