Toriano Morgan, a former FootballScoop Minority Rising Stars honoree, is stepping away from the NCAA Division II program he’s guided for the past four years, FootballScoop has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sources tell FootballScoop Wednesday evening that Morgan formally submitted his letter of resignation to step away from his post atop the Edward Waters program, which he’s guided since 2021.<\/p>\n
While Morgan steps aside now for personal reasons, he’s expected to soon rejoin the coaching ranks and already has emerged as a sought-after candidate following his work atop the Tigers program.<\/p>\n
He helped Edward Waters make the leap from NAIA program to NCAA Division II since he assumed the helm, and in the process he delivered the program’s first winning campaign, a 6-4 2023 breakthrough, that marked the school’s first in nearly two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Morgan closed with a winning ledger in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play and overall posted an 18-24 mark.<\/p>\n
A Florida native who also was selected to participate in the prestigious NFL Coaching Academy, Morgan had extensive experience at Virginia State University and also had served as a high school head coach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before his move to Edward Waters in 2021.<\/p>\n