Guy Morriss Guy W . Morriss ( born May 13 , 1951 ) is an American football coach and former player . He is currently the Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at Texas A & M University – Commerce . Prior to this position , Morriss served as head football coach at A & M - Commerce for four seasons ( 2009 – 2012 ) . Morriss served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky for two seasons ( 2001 – 2002 ) and at Baylor University for five seasons ( 2003 – 2007 ) . He played college football at Texas Christian University and spent 15 seasons as an offensive lineman in NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles ( 1973 – 1983 ) and the New England Patriots ( 1984 – 1987 ) . Morris played in over 200 regular season games during his NFL career and started at center for the Eagles in Super Bowl XV . Playing career . Morriss attended Sam Houston High School in Arlington , Texas and later Texas Christian University in Fort Worth , Texas . A second round selection in the 1973 NFL Draft , he was a Pro Bowl center in the National Football League , where he played with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973 to 1983 , and the New England Patriots from 1984 to 1987 . Coaching career . Early career . Morriss got his coaching start in 1988 as the offensive line coach for the Patriots under Raymond Berry . In 1992 , after a brief stint as the head coach of the Washington Marauders of the Professional Spring Football League , Morriss coached under Hal Mumme and alongside Mike Leach at Valdosta State University before re - joining Mumme at Kentucky in 1997 , where he was the school ' s offensive line and assistant head coach . Kentucky . After a recruiting scandal forced the resignation of Mumme at Kentucky , Morriss was named the school ' s interim head coach in 2001 . After a 2 – 9 season , Kentucky named Morriss the school ' s permanent head coach , where he led the Wildcats to a 7 – 5 turnaround season in 2002 . Guy Morriss was the losing coach in the famed " Bluegrass Miracle " game at Commonwealth Stadium in 2002 . Morriss ' Kentucky Wildcats kicked a field goal to take the lead over LSU with 11 seconds left , only to lose on an 80 yard Hail Mary pass as time expired . Seconds before the Hail Mary , Morriss was doused with Gatorade by quarterback Jared Lorenzen in ( what turned out to be ) a premature " victory bath . " Baylor . Morriss took over a Baylor program that had hit the skids . The Bears hadn ' t had a winning season since 1995 , and had posted only one conference victory in its previous 36 Big 12 contests . Morriss ' s first season in 2003 ( 3 – 9 ) was rough but was highlighted by an upset win over Colorado ( CU was a 20 point favorite ) . Morriss ' s second season in 2004 again only led to three wins and one conference win , but Morriss gained fan and alumni support with the team ' s 35 – 34 overtime upset win over # 16 Texas A & M ( a 25 - point favorite ) , in which Morriss made a gutsy call to " go for two " to win in the first overtime , instead of kicking the extra point and forcing a second overtime . It was BU ' s first win over the Aggies since 1985 ( they tied in 1990 ) . Morriss ' s third season in 2005 produced a 5 – 6 record ( BU ' s best since 1995 ) and featured BU ' s first ever road win over a Big 12 Conference opponent , a 23 – 13 victory over Iowa State in Ames ) . In 2006 , the fourth year of the Morriss era , BU had a roller coaster season . After a disappointing 1 – 3 non - conference mark ( including a loss at home to Army ) , BU rebounded with a 3 – 1 start in conference play . However , the momentum was stunted when quarterback Shawn Bell was injured in a loss to Texas A & M , and Baylor was subsequently blown out in their final three games by an average margin of 34 points , finishing the year at 4 – 8 ( 3 – 5 in the Big 12 ) . In 2007 , Morriss failed again to produce a winning record for the Bears , as Baylor finished with a 3 – 9 record . The loss of a significant number of seniors , including Bell , was part of the blame for the poor season . In the season opener , Baylor was shut out by TCU , 27 – 0 , but managed to win the next three non - conference games . Afterwards , Baylor did not defeat any of its Big 12 opponents , their last defeat being the 12th consecutive loss in Big 12 play . On November 18 , 2007 , Baylor fired Morriss . On November 28 , 2007 , former University of Houston head coach Art Briles replaced Morriss . Kentucky State . In March 2008 , Morriss accepted a job as a position coach at Kentucky State University . Morriss was the first person with coaching experience in a BCS conference to go to work in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( a division II league consisting of historically black colleges and universities ) . Texas A & M – Commerce . On November 12 , 2012 , after leading the A & M - Commerce football program for four seasons , Morriss stepped down as head football coach . He now serves as the A & M - Commerce Special Assistant to the Athletic Director . His duties include fundraising , teaching , and oversight of athletic facilities and special projects . On January 7 , 2009 , Morriss took the job as head football coach at A & M – Commerce . After Morriss ' s first season , players from his football team coordinated an effort to illegally remove all copies of a student newspaper from campus because it contained an unfavorable article about a teammate who had been arrested on drug charges . Morriss said that he was " proud " of his players for taking the newspapers . He also referred to the theft as " the best team building exercise we have ever done . " Morriss was subsequently disciplined by the school administration over the incident . Personal . Morriss is known to be proud of his Texas heritage . His first comment to the press when accepting the Baylor job was yelling " It ' s good to be back in the Lone Star . " Baylor even put that phrase on their pocket schedules for 2003 . Also , Morriss told FOX Sports that when his future wife asked him what nationality he was , he replied " I ' m a Texan . " According to news from " The Advocate - Messenger " of Danville , Kentucky , prior to taking the offensive line coach job at Kentucky State , Morriss was in talks with Boyle County High School for the head coaching job there but decided not to take it .