Bob Morrill
- Married to Carol
- Daughters Marcy, Karen and Tracy
- Son Rob
- Graduate of John Marshall High School in Cleveland, Ohio and was coached by Eugene Gibons, a National Hall of Fame Wrestling Coach and National Champion Wrestler from Michigan State University.
- Graduated College from Bowling Green State University was coached by Bruce Bellard on the mat and Doyt Perry on the football field.
- Coached Football and Wrestling for my first eight years as a Teacher at Avon Lake Ohio and started their first wrestling program in 1959 and had a season first record of 8-1.
- 1960 started the wrestling program at Maumee High in Maumee, Ohio. Record at Maumee was 35-22-1 and won 3 Northern Lakes League titles.
- 1967 started at Hazel Park HS Teaching and as the Head Wrestling Coach
- Record at HP was 183-35-3.
- 6 undefeated teams and won 37 straight duals meets.
- 15 SMA League Championships. 13 consecutive SMA Championships in a row.
- 8 Oakland County Championships, 4 straight
- 9 District
- 6 Regional titles.
- Placed 9 times in the top 10 at the State meet
- 3 MHSAA Runner up Trophies.
- 11 individual State Champions
- 43 individual place winners in the top 6, at the MHSAA individual State finals, during that 18 year period.
- Steve Fraser, the 1976 Michigan State Champ became the first American Greco Roman wrestler to win the Olympic Gold Medal for the USA in 1984.
- Ron Nagy has become the coordinator of the MHSAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament. Ron has contributed many innovative ideas to wrestling and officiating in the state of Michigan.
- Member of the MWA from 1967-1985 and was the Historian the last years coached.
- 1985 Michigan’s coach of the year
- National Region 4 Coach of the Year representing Michigan at the 1985 National High School Athletic Coaches Association Convention held in Orlando Florida.
- Retired from coaching in 1985, with an overall record of 226-59-4.
- Continued to run many tournaments after retiring including the Oakland County Tournament and the MHSAA State Finals
Awards:
Year
2021
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Award
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
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Chapter/Region
Michigan
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