Morris Watts, an American football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 89–90.
Born in 1936 in Seneca, Missouri, he spent much of his career in college coaching, including assistant posts at Drake University, the University of Louisville, Indiana University, the University of Kansas, Louisiana State University, and Mississippi State University. He served three stints as offensive coordinator at Michigan State University and later was interim head coach there in 2002, going 1–2.
Watts was also offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Central Michigan University until his retirement in 2016, and earlier coached at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Morris Watts, 89–90, American football player and coach. (death announced on this date)