Staff Directory
Ty Morris
- Title:
- Special Teams Coordinator
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Ty Morris, one of the brightest young special teams minds in college football, is in his third season on the ACU football coaching staff in 2026.
Morris has served as the Wildcats' special teams coordinator since Feb. 2025. He also coached the safeties during the 2025 season.
Morris has coached back-to-back kickers who finished in both ACU's top 5 for most kicking points and most field goals made in a season. In 2025, Brandon Perez connected on 15 field goal attempts which ranked 2nd in ACU's record book, and scored 91 points which ranked 5th. In 2024, Ritse Vaes finished with 14 made field goals (3rd most) and scored 97 kicking points (4th).
Vaes was voted Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America, and also earned a spot on College Sports Communicators' Academic All-America 2nd Team.
Vaes finished with 97 points on the season -- good enough for fourth most by an ACU kicker.
Three other special teams players -- long snapper Devan Daugherty, and punters Grant Nickel and Hugo Nash -- also made CSC Academic All-District.
Morris was named part of Our Coaching Network's 30 Under 30 list of the nation's top young college football coaches in 2025.
From 2022-24, Morris was the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Division III Eastern University (Penn.), where he completed his Master's in business administration and management.
Morris started 15 games at Alvernia University in Reading, Penn., and recorded nearly 100 tackles in his collegiate career as a defensive back. He was on the Middle Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Roll multiple times.
A native of Sussex County, Del., Morris graduated from Alvernia with a degree in Elementary Education and Special Education.
Coach Keith Patterson says...
"Ty is a bright, young coach. He has a passion for special teams which is hard to find."
Morris has served as the Wildcats' special teams coordinator since Feb. 2025. He also coached the safeties during the 2025 season.
Morris has coached back-to-back kickers who finished in both ACU's top 5 for most kicking points and most field goals made in a season. In 2025, Brandon Perez connected on 15 field goal attempts which ranked 2nd in ACU's record book, and scored 91 points which ranked 5th. In 2024, Ritse Vaes finished with 14 made field goals (3rd most) and scored 97 kicking points (4th).
Vaes was voted Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America, and also earned a spot on College Sports Communicators' Academic All-America 2nd Team.
Vaes finished with 97 points on the season -- good enough for fourth most by an ACU kicker.
Three other special teams players -- long snapper Devan Daugherty, and punters Grant Nickel and Hugo Nash -- also made CSC Academic All-District.
Morris was named part of Our Coaching Network's 30 Under 30 list of the nation's top young college football coaches in 2025.
From 2022-24, Morris was the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Division III Eastern University (Penn.), where he completed his Master's in business administration and management.
Morris started 15 games at Alvernia University in Reading, Penn., and recorded nearly 100 tackles in his collegiate career as a defensive back. He was on the Middle Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Roll multiple times.
A native of Sussex County, Del., Morris graduated from Alvernia with a degree in Elementary Education and Special Education.
Coach Keith Patterson says...
"Ty is a bright, young coach. He has a passion for special teams which is hard to find."
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