Davon Morgan joined Bluefield State Athletics in March 2024, the 2nd head coach since bringing football back to the Hill.
Morgan has worked and played for some of the best coaches in the business, including Frank Beamer, Bud Foster, Torrian Gray, Jim Cavanaugh, Rex Ryan, Chip Kelly and Curt Newsome. His career has included stops at elite Division IAA, Division II, Division III and NJCAA football programs around the East and Southeast. As a collegiate player and coach, he has been a part of 1 national championship and 4 conference titles.
BEFORE BSU
Morgan joined Florida A&M in 2022, where he led the safeties and nickel backs and contributed to a defense that ranked in the top 25 in six categories. In Morgan’s first season, he worked with the safeties and saw Javan Morgan earn All-SWAC honors after leading the team with four interceptions (T-15th in the nation). Javan Morgan also finished third on the team with 42 tackles. During the 2023 campaign, Morgan was promoted to defensive pass game coordinator while coaching the safeties and nickels again earning the #1 secondary in the country (FCS). Leading the safeties, the Rattlers saw two selected to the All-SWAC teams, Javan Morgan and Lovie Jenkins. Morgan was again part of one of the nation's best defenses, ranking top 10 in 12 categories. Morgan was also part of a historic Rattlers team that won its first-ever SWAC Championship and Celebration Bowl with a 12-1 record. Morgan, who has 13 years of coaching experience, played professional football with the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles. Collegiate coaching started for Morgan in 2015 when he became the Defensive Backs Coach at Virginia State University during the 2015-2016 seasons after being released from the Philadelphia Eagles in 2014. After that, Morgan made stops at the Virginia University of Lynchburg, where he was the Special Teams Coordinator and Co-Defensive Coordinator. Coach Morgan helped them to four wins after the school had not won a game in 11 years. Fall of 2019, Morgan then went on to become the NFL Liaison for Pro Scouts and was named Defensive Pass Game Coordinator at Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, West Virginia. Following the 19-21 season, Coach Morgan transitioned to the offensive side of the ball at Emory & Henry College, where he was the offensive pass game coordinator and coached wide receivers under Curt Newsome. In June of 2022, Morgan was named the associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Elizabeth City before getting the call to head to the A&M Rattlers. Morgan comes to Bluefield State University with a clear understanding of the offensive & defensive side of the ball as he joins us from Florida A&M University, where just recently he was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.
Morgan has a track record for developing athletes that are in the NFL like defensive backs K’Von Wallace (former Clemson standout now playing with the Tennessee Titans) and Jalen
Elliott (former Notre Dame standout now playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers.) Before his time coaching, Coach Morgan owned a company called Wizard Fundamentals, where he did player development to ensure that the youth in the community of Richmond, Virginia were getting the proper football fundamentals taught to them. Following a standout career at Varina H.S. in Richmond, Va, Morgan played collegiately at Virginia Tech (2007-2010). He became a team captain and made ALL-ACC honors as a defensive back. He helped lead the Hokies to 3 Conference Championships and 3 BCS Bowls, becoming the all-time winningest class in Virginia Tech history. Morgan was selected by the New York Jets after the 2011 NFL lockout as a priority free agent. After being released due to injury, Morgan played Arena football (2012) before signing back with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2014.
