Morrison's Traditions At South Carolina
Morrison's legacy still is in place at the University of South Carolina in various ways:
- Black jerseys as part of their uniform options are used in all sports.
- Morrison began the use of black jerseys as a uniform option and used them as the team's primary home jerseys during the 1987 and 1988 seasons
- The use of Einleitung from Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, used by the football team at the time, has been spread to other sports and university functions, including graduations, where it is played to recognise graduates.
- After the school's first national championship in 2002 (women's track and field), that team and head coach Curtis Frye was introduced by the piece after an NCAA Baseball Tournament regional had ended.
- His 1984 Coach of the Year award is posted on the wall at Williams-Brice Stadium.
- An outstanding football player from spring practice on both offense and defense are awarded the "Joe Morrison Award" each year.
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