Diner Morning News: Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Young Coach

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Published: July 27, 2009

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QUOTE: “The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.”—Bishop Creighton (American bishop)

As training camps begin to open this week, we’ll continue examining first-year NFL coaches and the challenges that await them. Today, we look at Raheem Morris of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

BACKGROUND

My fellow Hofstra graduate has enjoyed a fast track to becoming an NFL head coach.

After his playing days for the “Pride” (when I attended, we were called the Dutchmen—not politically correct now), Morris moved quickly through the college coaching ranks, starting at Hofstra in 1998, then Cornell before gaining entrance to the NFL in 2002 as a Bucs defensive assistant.

His first NFL teacher was Monte Kiffin, the former Bucs c...

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