Alyssa Morris begins her fourth season as the head coach of the Concord softball program in 2024-25.

Morris's Mountain Lions are on the rise after making the MEC Tournament for the first time in her tenure in 2024, finishing fourth in the MEC South Division.

In each of her three seasons, Morris has steadily increased Concord's win total from 17 to 20 to 27. In the progress of the program, Morris coached two all-region players in 2024 with Courtney Raines and Kylee Stacy earning NFCA All-Region Second Team. Stacy was also CU's first All-MEC First Team player since 2021. 

Overall, Morris has coached three all-conference players at CU.

One of the best players in program history for the Mountain Lion softball program, Morris returned to Athens after a two-year head coaching stint at Union College, an NAIA program in Barbourville, Kentucky.

Morris spent the 2019 season as an assistant at Union before assuming the head coaching duties prior to the start of the 2020 campaign.

In two seasons at Union, Morris posted a record of 35-29, including starting her inaugural season with a 14-7 mark in 2020 before the cancellation of the season.

A 2016 graduate of Concord with a degree in sociology, Morris began her coaching career as a graduate assistant for Indiana Wesleyan, a program that went 102-27 and appeared in back-to-back NAIA College World Series in her two seasons.

As for Morris' playing days in the Maroon and Gray, the native of Virginia Beach, Virginia owns program records in home runs (46) and RBI (169). Her 226 career hits are fourth in program history. Morris was also elected to Concord's Hall of Fame and will be inducted in the fall of 2022. 

Morris was the first All-American in program history as she batted .393 with 15 home runs and 51 RBI. Morris was not only a prolific power hitter, but as CU's everyday catcher she managed a pitching staff that sported a 2.17 ERA during the 2015 season, a single-season program best.

Then a junior, Morris and the Mountain Lions had a memorable season as they won 34 games and made the program's first NCAA Tournament, winning a game in the national postseason with a victory over West Chester in 2015.

Overall, Morris was a four-time all-conference selection, earning second team honors in 2013 and again in 2014. She was a First Team All-Mountain East Conference pick in 2015 and 2016. Additionally, she was a consensus all-region first team performer in her final two seasons.