Alabama State University Athletics

Morrie Turner enters his first year as an assistant coach for the Alabama State University track and field program after a successful stint at Coffeyville Community College.
 
Turner served in a multitude of roles at Coffeyville including assistant track and field coach, while also serving as an instructor in sports management, academic advising, and was also the recruiting coordinator. He served as the sprints, jumps, and hurdles coach and helped the team program to a national ranking of #4. Following that season, he was awarded the USTFCCCA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year and was promoted to Associate Head Coach.
 
Prior to his time at Coffeyville, he served on staff at Rogers State for five years beginning in July 2014. During his time there, he coached several NCAA All-Americans (nine) and helped the team to a Top 25 ranking after making the transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II. He also produced a national championship runner-up in the 200-meters while at Rogers State.
 
He began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Oral Roberts where he helped with recruiting, budgeting, and planning. He worked with six conference champions, three NCAA West Regional qualifiers, and two NCAA qualifiers during his time at ORU. He left there and become an assistant coach at Jenks High School where helped multiple athletes qualify for the 6A state championship in sprints and jumps. He also coached five state champions, and his athletes scored 111 of 141 team points to help the team to their first state title in ten years (2014).
 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Jenks High School

• Track and Field State Champion (first in ten years), 2014
• Oklahoma state record in the 4x200-meter relay (1:25.40)

 
Rogers State University

• Coached every Sprints and Jumping Events School Record at Rogers State University.
• 29 Great-American Conference Champions
• 113 All- Great American Conference Honors
• Six Outdoor Great American Conference Championship Records
• Three Indoor Great American Conference Championship Records
• 26 Outdoor Great American Conference Champions
• Three Indoor Great American Conference Champions (First Year 2019)
• Nine USTFCCCA South Central All Regional Honors
• Eight NCAA Outdoor National Qualifiers
• Three NCAA Indoor National Qualifiers
• Seven Outdoor NCAA All-Americans
• Two Indoor NCAA All- Americans
• NCAA Dll Top 25 rankings during the 2018 Indoor Track and Field season based solely on the efforts of the Sprint group.
• 2016 Texas Relays College/ University Women 100m Finalist Audrianna Morgan (Only non-POWER 5 School in the final)
• 2017 Drake Relays Runner Up in Women’s 4x100m Relay
• 2017 Drake Relays Runner Up in Men’s 4x100m Relay
• 2017 Drake Relays Finalist in Men’s 4x400m Relay
• 2018 Drake Relays – 3rd Women’s 4x100m Relay
• 2019 Drake Relays College Division 200m Record Holder (Alfred Thomas)
• 2019 Dll National Runner Up in 200m (Alfred Thomas)

 
Coffeyville Community College

• 2020 Region VI/Conference Triple Jump Champion
• 2020 Region VI/Conference Long Jump Champion
• 2020 Region VI/Conference High Jump Champion
• 2020 Region VI/Conference Triple Jump Runner Up
• 2020 NJCAA 4x4 5th NJCAA season best (3:13.95)
• Added 17 more NJCAA All- Americans during the 2020 indoor track and field season, increasing the total of All Americans produced to 26.
• During Indoor 2020, coached the only JUCO with a 25’+, 50’+, and 7’+. Were one of seven teams in the nation at all levels. Other teams were The University of Tennessee, Minnesota, Florida State, Ole Miss, Oregon, and LSU
• 2021 Region VI/Conference 60m Champion
• 2021 Region VI/Conference 200m Champion
• 2021 Region VI/Conference Long Jump Champion
• 2021 Region Vl/Conference Triple Jump Champion
• 2021 Region VI/Conference Field Athlete of the Meet (Henry Kiner)
• 2021 Coached the first, second, and third in the NJCAA 60m rankings which is an accomplishment that has never been done before the National Championship. As well as the number #1 USTFCCCA 60m Event Group Quad with an average of 6.71s. By 2/26/2021 that group 6.71s average was the fastest event squad ranking in NJCAA History since the USTFCCCA event squad rankings began.
• 2021 - coached the #1 200m in NJCAA Event Group Squad before the NJCAA Indoor National Championship.
• 2021 NJCAA seventh in the Women’s 400m at the Indoor National Championship (Tatiana Washington)
• 2021 NJCAA third in the 60m at the Indoor National Championship (Guinove Joanus)
• 2021 NJCAA fourth in the 60m at the Indoor National Championship (Antione Evans)
• 2021 NJCAA seventh in 200m at the National Championship
• 2021 Indoor NJCAA Triple Jump National Champion (Henry Kiner)
• 33 Career All Americans (3/8/2021)
• USTFCCCA #1 Ranked 100m Group – 10.28 Average
• USTFCCCA #4 Ranked 200m Group- 21.15 average
• USTFCCCA #3 Ranked HJ Group- 1.87m average
• NJCAA Lead in 4x100m Relay (39.51s)
• Regular Season 100m Rankings: #2 Antoine Evans 10.23, #2 Nolton Shelvin 10.23, #4 Guinove Joanus 10.25, #16 Emmanuel Agenor 10.43, and #21 Dakari Charlton 10.46
• Regular Season 200m Rankings: #3 Antione Evans 20.64, #4 Guinove Joanus 20.77
• Henry Kiner – third Best Long Jump / second best Triple Jumper in the Regular Season. 7.67m and 15.54m Respectively
• Women 4x400-meter finished seventh at the 2021 Outdoor NJCAA National Championship.
• Henry Kiner finished fourth in Triple Jump at the 2021 Outdoor NJCAA National Championship.
• Guinove Joanus finished sixth in the 100m at the 2021 Outdoor NJCAA National Championship
• Guinove Joanus finished sixth in the 200m at the 2021 Outdoor NJCAA National Championship
• Antione Evans finished third in the 200m at the 2021 Outdoor NJCAA National Championship.
• 2021 Outdoor NJCAA 4x100m RELAY NATIONAL CHAMPION (Shelvin, Joanus, Evans, Charlton)
• Nolton Shelvin - 2021 Outdoor NJCAA 100m Dash National Champion 10.09 seconds (Beat Andre De Grasse School Records)
• 10.25 - 100m Group Average by the end of season. Ranked first NJCAA
• 21.13 - 200m Group Average by the end of season. Ranked first NJCAA
• All-Americans: 46 (5/13/2021)
• National Champions: 6 (5/13/2021)
• 2020 Olympic Trials Qualifier- Nolton Shelvin 100m dash
• NACAC U23 Finalist in 100m and 200m (Guinove Joanus)
• Paralympic Finalist in 100m and 400m (Tanner Right) who finish one spot out (4^th) from medaling in the 400m