Joe Morrison

Last year South Carolina—both the school and the state—was desperate for a local hero. The Gamecocks' football and basketball programs had slipped into mediocrity. With fall approaching, the football coach, who had...

Playing undefeated South Carolina was funereal for another opponent

•Joe Morrison, the new football coach at South Carolina, on moving to Columbia after having coached at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and the University of New Mexico: "At least I can spell it. I spent five...

•Joe Robbie, owner of the Miami Dolphins, asked whether he would give new coach Don Shula enough time to produce a winner: "Sure, he's got all summer."