Bo Morris enters his ninth season on the Tribe’s coaching staff and his seventh as Associate Head Coach.
Highlighting Morris’ tenure with the Tribe are two ECAC Assistant Coach of the Year honors (2018, 2021), as well as being selected as the College Gymnastics Association East Region Assistant Coach of the Year (2021) and the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Assistant Coach of the Year (2018).
During his eight seasons as an assistant at W&M, Morris helped the program earn a bid to a pair of NCAA Championships (2021, 2025) in addition to producing 55 NCAA Championship individual qualifiers. Additionally, W&M gymnasts totaled 68 postseason all-conference honors and 54 USA Gymnastics Collegiate All-America accolades under his tutelage.
Highlighting those individual distinctions are four USAG Collegiate Senior Athletes of the Year, two ECAC Senior Gymnasts of the Year, two ECAC Most Improved Gymnasts and two ECAC Rookie of the Year winners.
The tremendously successful 2025 season produced a number of memorable highlights, as the squad rose as high as No. 10 in the national rankings and earned a bid to the NCAA Championships for the second time in the last five years.
In addition to the collective success, a number of Tribe standouts posted outstanding seasons. The lengthy list of standouts was highlighted by Connor Barrow, who won the USA Gymnastics Collegiate national title on vault, and Ricky Pizem, who claimed the ECAC title on high bar. Additionally, Luke Tully was honored as the ECAC Rookie of the Year, while Sam Lee earned one of the conference’s sportsmanship awards.
In total, four Tribe gymnasts garnered USA Gymnastics Collegiate All-America honors, while five W&M standouts earned all-conference accolades. Additionally, a school-record five Tribe gymnasts competed in the finals at the NCAA Championships.
The Tribe also continued to distinguish themselves in the classroom as 17 members of the squad were honored as CGA Academic All-Americans.
Highlighting the 2024 campaign were a number of standouts who posted tremendous seasons. Led by the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Outstanding Senior Gymnast, Aidan Cuy, 10 Tribe standouts were individual qualifiers at the NCAA Championships. Additionally, W&M gymnasts combined to earn eight USAG Collegiate All-America honors and seven All-ECAC accolades.
The Tribe’s success in the classroom was highlighted by a third-place finish in the CGA Academic Team Standings, while 13 standouts earned Academic All-America honors.
In 2023 W&M continued to build upon the program’s tradition of success with a number of accomplishments. In addition to 11 standouts qualifying as individuals for the NCAA Championships, Aidan Cuy won the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Title in all-around and Christian Marsh was honored as the USAG Collegiate Senior Athlete of the Year. In total, Tribe gymnasts combined to win nine USAG Collegiate All-America honors and six All-ECAC accolades.
W&M gymnasts also distinguished themselves academically, as 13 standouts were named to the ECAC All-Academic Team while 10 earned CGA All-America Scholar-Athelte distinction and nine garnered W&M’s Provost Award.
In 2022 a school-record 12 individual qualifiers competed at the NCAA Championships. Additionally, four standouts combined to earn five USA Gymnastics Collegiate All-American honors, while the team secured nine All-ECAC accolades, highlighted by Christian Marsh’s winning performance on rings.
W&M also excelled in the classroom as 11 standouts were selected to the ECAC All-Academic Team, while Alek Kuzmenchuk garnered the NCAA Elite 90 award for earning the highest cumulative grade-point average of all the student-athletes competing at the national championships. Additionally, nine Tribe gymnasts were named CGA All-America Scholar-Athletes, while W&M placed second nationally with a combined grade point average of 3.453.
The 2021 season was remarkable for many reasons, as the team successfully navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic to earn the program’s first NCAA Championships bid since 2014. Andrew Lyubovsky highlighted the Tribe’s efforts at the national championship meet, as he became the eighth gymnast in program history to garner NCAA All-America distinction with his sixth-place performance on parallel bars.
In addition to the national recognition, W&M placed second at the ECAC Championship meet as nine Tribe standouts combined to earned 15 all-conference accolades for finishing among the top six in various events and all-around. Additionally, Sam Lee was selected as the league’s Rookie of the Year and Jordan Kula as honored as Most Improved.
The success led to multiple Assistant Coach of the Year accolades, as Morris was selected as the top assistant coach in the ECAC as well as the East Region by the CGA.
W&M also continued to excel in the classroom as 12 standouts garnered W&M’s Provost Award, while 13 gymnasts garnered CGA first-team All-America Scholar-Athlete distinction. Additionally, Spencer Schrandt was inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society, joining recent Tribe men’s gymnastics initiates Jacopo Gliozzi, Peter Makey and David Allen.
In 2020, the squad finished the year ranked 13th nationally and was on pace to once again produce a number of NCAA individual qualifiers before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Five men’s standouts combined to earn seven USAG Collegiate All-America honors, while four members of the squad combined to garner five all-conference accolades, including Zane Petras who was selected as the Co-Most Improved Gymnast.
Andrew Lyubovsky provided one of the season’s most memorable performances by setting a school record on high bar at Army. His impressive routine (14.6) ranked as the nation’s best score in the event during the 2020 campaign. Lyubovsky also etched his name in the Tribe’s record book on parallel bars by tying the program’s second-best score in the win against Springfield at Kaplan Arena.
In addition to the success in the gym, the men’s program continued its tradition of excellence in the classroom as 15 standouts garnered CGA Scholastic All-America honors en route to the team placing second in the nation with a combined grade point average of 3.572. Additionally, nine members of the squad earned W&M’s Provost Award while six garnered USAG Scholar-Athlete distinction. David Allen ’19 was inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society, while the team earned the NCAA Public Recognition Award after garnering an elite APR score.
In 2019, Morris helped W&M secure third-place finishes at the ECAC Championship and the USAG Collegiate National Championships. Tribe gymnasts performed well at the pair of postseason meets and collected nine USAG Collegiate All-America accolades and seven All-ECAC awards. Additionally, W&M matched a school record with 11 individual qualifiers for the NCAA Championships, which included a school-record three standouts who advanced to the event finals. Jacopo Gliozzi highlighted the individual recognition, as he was named a Nissen-Emery Award Finalist, USAG Collegiate Senior Athlete of the Year and ECAC Co-Gymnast of the Year.
Academically, 11 standouts earned CGA All-America distinction, as the squad finished second in the national academic team rankings with a cumulative grade point average of 3.412.
During his first year in Williamsburg, Morris helped guide W&M to second-place finishes at the ECAC Championship and the USAG Collegiate National Championships. Additionally, he helped a school-record 11 Tribe standouts qualify as individuals for the NCAA Championships – an impressive figure that matched the school record set under his direction in 2016.
En route to the second-place finish at the 2018 conference championship, seven W&M gymnasts combined to earn nine all-league honors, including four individual event titles. Additionally, Griffin Antle was selected as the league’s Senior Gymnast of the Year while David Watkins was chosen as the Most Improved Gymnast of the Year.
Highlighting the 10 Tribe standouts who combined to earn 12 USAG Collegiate All-America honors in 2018 were Peter Makey, who won the rings title, and Antle, who was selected as the USAG Collegiate Senior Athlete of the Year.
In addition to the success in the gym, W&M gymnasts also excelled in the classroom in 2018 and claimed the program’s record ninth College Gymnastics Association National Academic team title with a combined grade point average of 3.531. Individually, 12 Tribe standouts garnered CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete distinction, including 11 first-team honorees.
Highlighting those honored for academic excellence was Jacopo Gliozzi, who was selected to the 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team.
A nationally respected member of the USA Gymnastics community, Morris has been in the coaching profession for more than 30 years and helped numerous gymnasts compete at the highest levels of the sport, including U.S. National Teams.
Morris came to W&M after serving as head coach at the Houston Gymnastics Center in Houston, Texas. In addition to leading the boys team to many accolades at the state, regional and national levels, he also served as the Houston National Invitational (HNI) men’s meet director for the previous eight years. The prestigious event is one of the largest and most renowned men’s gymnastics meets in the country.
Morris’ impressive résumé includes a seven-year stint as Louisiana Men’s State Chairman, while he was also a member of the Texas Executive Committee for 12 years and the Region 3 Chairman for three years. Additionally, he hosted and directed many state and regional championship competitions and served on the Region 3 Elite Team coaching staff for 15 years.
As program manager for USA Gymnastics for five years, Morris was responsible for implementing and administrating the men’s program and oversaw all aspects of the Men’s Junior Olympic Program. Those responsibilities included support for the U.S. Championships, 2004 Olympic Team Trials, Winter Cup, Junior Olympic National Championships, 2003 World Championships, U.S. Qualifier and Future Stars National Championships. Additionally, he worked with the state and regional chairmen to implement the USA Gymnastics programs in their areas.
Highlighting Morris’ list of impressive honors is the Frank Cumiskey Service Award, which he received at the 2007 JO National Championship. The prestigious accolade is the highest honor awarded to a USA Gymnastics Professional Member and recognized his efforts with the Men’s Junior Olympic Program.
Morris also garnered the Region 3 Robert Cowan Award in 2014, which recognized his outstanding contributions to Region 3.
Morris’ extensive and wide-ranging experience also includes owning his own gym club, working as a club head coach and serving as the program director at several private gym clubs.
Morris holds a National Coaches Certification from USAG and has been a NGJA nationally rated judge for most of his career.
Morris earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Louisiana Tech University.
He and his wife, Deb, have a sweet Labrador Retriever, Buddy, and will reside in Williamsburg.
