Girls' Track & Field
2001 Coach of the Year
Neal Morris
T.W. Andrews High School
High Point,
North Carolina Impact Statement
Morris coached both the Girls’ and Boys’ Track & Field teams to a State Championship title.
Biography
Morris led both the boys and girls teams from T.W. Andrews High to Class 3A state titles this season. The girls’ team won four events, scoring 76 points to win the title by 23; the boys team added three event victories and scored 52 points for a 12-point margin of victory.
Morris accomplished this while engaged in a personal battle of his own, undergoing chemotherapy treatments for testicular cancer, with which he was diagnosed in mid-March.
Morris passed away December 2, 2003 at the age of 39. There is a Invitational held each year in his honor.
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