Nebraska HS Volleyball Patriarch Steve Morgan, 72, Retires as Ogallala Coach
OGALLALA – Steve Morgan is in the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame. His 984 career wins in high school volleyball ranks him second all-time in Nebraska. Morgan won 35 conference championships, guided his teams to the state tournament…
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Continue ReadingOGALLALA – Steve Morgan is in the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame. His 984 career wins in high school volleyball ranks him second all-time in Nebraska.
Morgan won 35 conference championships, guided his teams to the state tournament 30 times, won three state titles and finished runner-up four other times.
On Monday, Ogallala announced that Morgan, 72, was retiring from coaching at the high school after 45 seasons. If there is a person that can be considered a patriarch of high school volleyball in this state, Morgan is it.
While Morgan may no longer coach the Indians, he still plans to be active in running volleyball camps and continuing to instruct young players on the fundamentals of the game and developing into the best players they can be.
In his 45 years at Ogallala, Morgan never had a losing record while posting a 984-217 career record (82% winning percentage).
“It was a tough decision,” Morgan told Clark Grell of the Lincoln Journal-Star. “I still have the energy and I have a passion for the game. But I just think after my 45th season that it was time, at least for now, to step back, take a look at things and go on.
“I think right now my biggest passion is working with young people and bringing them up with mastery of the volleyball skills. That’s always been a passion of mine, to improve young kids, and I want to follow through on that. Just to even see a first-grader, a fourth-grader getting their foundation down on the passing, on the setting, on the serving, all of those fundamental skills that are so important to winning, then I can sit back and watch them in a little tournament and then a state championship, just to watch the improvement.”