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Charles Morrow

Head Coach

charles.morrow@lipscomb.edu

(615) 966-5866

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Charles Morrow enters his 20th season in 2024-25 as head coach of the Lipscomb Bisons after taking over the program in 2005. 

Since taking over the Lipscomb program in 2005, Morrow has been named ASUN Coach of the Year four times (2013, 2018, 2022, 2023), won five ASUN Tournaments (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 & 2023) and led the Bisons to the first five NCAA Tournament appearances in program history (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 & 2023), including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2018. Morrow led Lipscomb to the national stage once again in 2022 when the team finished the regular season No. 7 in RPI and No. 10 in the United Soccer Coaches National Poll. The 2022 team earned the No. 9 overall national seed in the NCAA Tournament and hosted a second round NCAA Tournament game after earning a first round bye. Morrow led his coaching staff to the United Soccer Coaches Southeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year award in 2022. Morrow has identified raw talent and has developed young talent including MLS SuperDraft picks Tyrese Spicer and Malachi Jones. Tyrese Spicer was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, taken by Toronto FC while teammate Malachi Jones was the No. 8 overall pick in the same draft, selected by New York City Football Club. Lipscomb was the only school in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft to have two Top-10 picks in the 2024 draft.

Under Morrow, Lipscomb has earned four ASUN Player of the Year selections, three ASUN Defensive Player of the Year selections, three ASUN Freshman of the Year selections, an ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year selection and four ASUN Scholar-Athletes of the Year. In addition, he has guided two MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalists (Noah Gulden, Tyrese Spicer), two United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Americans (Noah Gulden, Tyrese Spicer), two Scholar All-Americans, 25 All-Region selections, 66 All-Conference selections (including 31 First-Teamers), 29 All-Academic honorees, 41 All-Tournament members and 31 All-Freshmen Team members.

A Lipscomb graduate himself, men's soccer head coach Charles Morrow has been a long-time stalwart around the Nashville soccer scene, first as a player during the Bisons' NAIA days and now as a coach on the Division I level.

Upon graduating from Lipscomb in 2997, Morrow took over head coaching duties for both the boys and girls squads at Goodpasture High School, where he stayed until 2000. His boys teams reached the regional semifinals in both 1999 and 2000. He returned to the collegiate ranks in 2000 when he accepted an assistant coach position with Vanderbilt where he stayed until 2003.

He accepted his first collegiate head coaching job at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C. in April 2003. In two seasons with the Crusaders, Morrow directed the DII squad to conference runner-up honors in the regular season and conference tournament.

Off the pitch, Morrow and his squad are active in the community, primarily through YES (Youth Encouragement Services). The coaches and players offer instruction to players and coaches in six-week fall and spring youth leagues.

Morrow and his wife Beth have two sons, Trip and Will.

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