Jacksonville State University Athletics

Dennan Morrow initially joined the men's basketball staff in October 2020 as the team's coordinator of basketball operations, and was elevated to floor assistant by head coach Ray Harper in June 2022. Prior to the 2024-25 season, Morrow was once again elevated, this time to Associate Head Coach.

In his first year as Associate Head Coach for the Gamecocks, Morrow was a key piece that helped Jax State rattle off 23-wins, the second most win's in Division I program history, a CUSA title game appearance and the first National Invitation Tournament appearance in school history.

Morrow in the Gamecocks managed a 12-6 record in CUSA play in 2024-25 before making a run to the CUSA Championship game and appearing in the NIT. Jax State dominated Georgia Tech 84-61 in Atlanta in the opening round of the tournament.

Following a pair of seasons as an assistant coach, Morrow earned the promotion to Associate Head Coach entering his fifth season with the program. 
 
After serving as the Gamecocks’ coordinator of basketball operations for two seasons, Morrow made the move to floor assistant for the 2022-23 campaign, where JSU finished 13-18 after replace all five starters from its NCAA Tournament lineup the previous year. A Kansas State alum, Morrow spent five seasons as an assistant in the junior college ranks at Butler Community College, Chipola College in Florida, Daytona State and two seasons at Barton Community College in Kansas prior to arriving at JSU.

Initially arriving at Jax State in 2020, Morrow was responsible for overseeing the administrative duties of the men's basketball program, including team travel, budgeting, daily scheduling and equipment needs. He helped guide JSU through the Covid-19 pandemic season of 2020-21, and more recently helped the Gamecocks transition into the ASUN Conference for 2021-22, where JSU won the conference title in its first season in the league. 

A 2013 and 2015 graduate of KSU, Morrow was a graduate assistant with the Wildcats from 2013 to 2015 and spent two years as head student manager for head coach Bruce Weber. Before heading to Manhattan to continue his education, Morrow was a student-athlete at both Barton Community College and Southwestern College. While at Barton (2008-10), Morrow led the Cougars to the Jayhwak West Conference Championship as a freshman and served as team captain as a sophomore. He spent his junior season at Southwestern where he was an Academic All-American and team captain.
 
Morrow earned his Associates of Science from Barton Community College in 2010, carrying a 4.0 GPA in his two years in Great Bend. He received his Bachelor's of Business Administration from Kansas State in 2013 and earned a Master's in Academic Advising from K-State in 2015.
 



Updated July 2025