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Show Basketball Preview Special, Fall 2010, Page 16 *Coaches are ready Continued from page 15 After his collegiate playing career, which included being named an All-American at nearby Ricks (Idaho) Junior College and a twotime all-Big Sky selection at Gonzaga, Morrill played professionally in Europe. His coaching career began as an assistant at Gonzaga from 1975-78 and then to Montana where he was an assistant from 1979-86 working for Mike Montgomery, who spent 17 years as the head coach at Stanford and is now the head coach at Cal. Montgomery worked under Jim Brandenburg and Jud Heathcote, who retired after a successful career, which included a national championship at Michigan State. Morrill took over the Montana program in 1987 before moving to Colorado State in 1992. He is known for his deep-rooted values, consistency, hard work, dedication, honesty, integrity and concern for the welfare of his student-athletes. Morrill earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Gonzaga in 1974. He was born July 25, 1952 in Provo, Utah. He and his wife Vicki have four children; sons Jesse (32) and Allan (30) and daughters Nicole (27) and Tiffany (24), and four grandchildren. TIM DURYEA Associate Coach North Texas '88 10th Season at Utah State Entering his 10th year at Utah State is Tim Duryea (pronounced Dur-E-A), who joined the Aggie coaching staff in July, 2001. Duryea, who was promoted to associate coach following the 2008 season, is the second-longest tenured assistant coach in school history dating back to the 1959 season. While at Utah State, Duryea spent his first seven seasons in charge of an Aggie defense that traditionally ranked among the top in the nation in points allowed, including a fourth-place finish in 2002 (58.1), a sixth-place finish in 2004 (58.1), an eighth-place finish in 2005 (57.8), and a ninth-place finish in 2003 (60.0). During the 2008-09 season, Duryea took the reins of the Aggie offense and USU finished the year as the nation's best shooting team (.496), while ranking 17th in three-point shooting (.394). In the 2009-10 season, USU ranked third nationally in three-point shooting (.414), ninth in overall shooting (.488) and 10th in free throw shooting (.758), and was the only team in the nation to rank among the top 10 in all three shooting categories. Along with his offensive coaching duties, Duryea also works with USU's post players. Prior to joining the Aggies, Duryea was the head coach at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College from 2000-01. During his two years at the helm, his teams produced a 40-25 record and backto-back trips to the Region Six Championships. A 1988 graduate of the University of North Texas, Duryea began his coaching career in 1988 at Colorado State University before moving on to North Texas in 1993. Duryea then went to Hutchinson Community College as an assistant coach for two seasons before becoming the head coach there prior to the 1999-2000 season. Duryea played basketball at Denton (Texas) High School and Texas Pan-American before transferring to North Texas. At UNT, Duryea was a co-captain in 1988 for one of only three teams in school history to advance to the NCAA Tournament. He was born in Medicine Lodge, Kan., on Nov. 16, 1964. He and his wife Angie have 15-year old twins, Tanner (son) and Taylor (daughter) and an eight-year old daughter (Kaylee). CHRIS JONES Assistant Coach Utah '94 Third Season at Utah State Chris Jones is beginning his third season at Utah State after joining the program in April, 2008. With USU, Jones' primary responsibilities are coaching the Aggie guards as well as in-state recruiting. Jones is also in charge of an Aggie defense that has led the WAC in points allowed and field goal percentage defense in each of the last two years. In fact, USU ranked 14th nationally in fewest points allowed (59.9) during the 2009-10 season. Prior to joining the Aggies, Jones spent the previous four seasons at the University of Utah as an assistant coach in 2007 and 2008 and the Director of Basketball Operations in 2005 and 2006. Jones also spent three years at Utah as the video coordinator for basketball from 1995-97, working with All-Americans Keith Van Horn, Andre Miller and Michael Doleac. Jones began his coaching career in London, England as the head coach of Wurthing Bears from 1998-99 before spending three years as an instructor at Champions Athletic Academy. He then returned to the collegiate ranks as an assistant at Westmin- ster College in Salt Lake City from 200304, helping the Griffin's advance to the NAIA National Tournament, earn a national ranking of 21st in the country and win the Frontier Conference championship. Jones played college basketball at Utah for two seasons (1993- Tarvish Felton, left, and Chris Jones urge the Aggies from 94) and was the bench. Statesman photo part of the 1993 team that won of the year for basketball. All-time, the Western Athletic Conference Felton ranks third in Southern regular season championship and Utah history in blocked shots (68), advanced to the second round fifth in steals (139), and seventh in of the NCAA Tournament. He rebounding (505). graduated from Utah in 1994 with Felton, who is a native of Perry, a bachelor's degree in sociology. Ga., played his freshman season at Jones was born on Dec. 30, Northeast College in Norfolk, Neb. 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah and He has an 11-year old daughter, graduated from Judge Memorial DeAubrey Ann Bowers. High School in 1990. He and his wife, Emily, have a son, Rylan (10) LANCE BECKERT and a daughter, Rendi (7). Director of Basketball Operations TARVISH FELTON Daito Bunka, Japan '97 Assistant Coach Fifth Season at Utah State Southern Utah '99 Lance Beckert is entering his Third Season at Utah State fifth year as the Director of BasTarvish Felton is entering his ketball Operations at Utah State. third season as an assistant coach Among his duties are handling the at Utah State University. Felton programs daily office operations, joined the staff in June, 2008 and serving as the teams travel coordihis primary emphasis is in recruitnator, editing scout and game film, ing, academics, opposing team and providing IT tech support. He scouts, game preparation and also assists in the teams public and player development. community relations, helps with Prior to joining the Utah State international recruiting efforts staff, Felton spent the 2007-08 seaand serves as camp coordinator for son as an assistant at Sacramento Stew Morrill's summer basketball State. In all, Felton brought nine camps. years of coaching experience with Beckert, who graduated from him to Utah State and had coached Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, 11 players who earned all-conferJapan, with a degree in economics ence honors. in 1997, played two years of colleFelton began his coaching giate basketball before entering the career as an assistant at Southern coaching profession. Utah during the 1999-2000 season, Beckert began his coaching before spending two years at Cal career as an assistant with the State Los Angeles. He then spent Toshiba Corporation men's team the 2002-03 academic year starting from 1995-98 and helped the club the Texas A&M-International prowin the 1998 Japanese Basketball gram and served as its head coach League Tournament Championfor three seasons, followed by anship. He then spent the next six other one-year stint as an assistant seasons as the men's head coach at Southern Utah before moving on at Daito Bunka University, where to Sacramento State. he led the Bears to the 2002 and A 1999 graduate of Southern 2004 Japanese National ColleUtah with a bachelor's degree in giate Championship. During his physical education, Felton was a last three years in Japan, he also two-time IHC Health Plans state coached the men's University Naplayer of the year as a junior and tional team. senior. Also during his senior seaA native of Mesa, Ariz., Beckert son, he received all-Mid-Continent prepped at Westwood High School. Conference honors and was named He is married to the former PatriSouthern Utah's academic athlete |