Women's Volleyball
Morris, Rachel
Rachel Morris
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- raclmorr@iu.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 856-0300
Associate Head Coach Rachel Morris
Rachel Morris completed her third season with the Indiana Volleyball program in 2024. She was elevated to associate head coach and recruiting coordinator on July 1, 2023.
Programmed with a desire to develop student-athletes on and off the court, Morris helped implement daily meditation, conversations about mental health and group-bonding activities upon arrival to Bloomington in 2022. Morris was also named to Volleyball Magazine's Under 40 College Coaching Hotshots list in 2023.
Morris, handed the keys to the team’s offensive gameplan when she arrived at IU, has helped orchestrate a successful three-year run with the setters and attackers. Under her guidance, Camryn Haworth was a three-time All-Big Ten selection. She broke the rally-era assists record (3,923) and the all-time aces record (213).
Over the three seasons that Morris has served as a coach in Bloomington, IU has won 52 games overall and 28 matches in the Big Ten. The 28 conference wins over a three-year span are the most by the program since 1998-2000. As well, IU has had back-to-back 10+ win home seasons for the first time since 1999-2000.
In 2024, Morris helped Haworth run a fast-paced offense in the Big Ten Conference. Haworth finished with 1,061 assists and helped set juniors Candela Alonso-Corcelles (409 kills) and Avry Tatum (348 kills) to career years. Both Alonso-Corcelles and Tatum ended the regular season in the top-15 in kills, points, kills per set and points per set.
IU hit over .205 in consecutive seasons in 2023-24 for the first time since 2017-18. IU’s team in 2023 hit .237 on the season, the fourth-best mark in program history. That year, Haworth was the only setter to be a unanimous All-Big Ten selection.
Haworth led the Big Ten in assists (1,247) and led the Big Ten and NCAA in service aces (73), the most in a single season at IU since volleyball became a NCAA sponsored sport in 1981. She was the only power five player with multiple triple-doubles and finished the season with 10.22 assists per set.
The Hoosiers matched a program record with 21 regular season wins in 2023 and beat Purdue for the first time since 2012. IU finished in a tie for sixth in the conference standings, the best finish by the program since the Big Ten expanded to 14 teams.
During the 2022 campaign, Morris helped lead the Hoosiers to a 16-16 record including a 9-11 finish in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers won nine conference matches for the first time since 2010 and finished eighth in the Big Ten, the highest team's finish since the conference expanded to 14 teams.
IU beat No. 5 Ohio State and No. 25 Michigan on the road, marking the first season in program history with multiple road victories over ranked teams. The win over the Buckeyes was the first over a top-five team on the road in program history and the second-highest ranked win in the team's history.
An average of 1,366 fans came to watch IU matches in Wilkinson Hall in 2022 and IU beat four conference teams on the road for the first time since 2009.
Morris worked directly with sophomore setter Camryn Haworth to help orchestrate an offense that saw four athletes record 200-plus digs on the season. Haworth dished out 1,111 assists and had one of the best all-around seasons in recent memory.
Haworth was named First Team All-Big Ten and AVCA Northeast All-Region Honorable Mention for her contributions and also earned the nod as AVCA National Player of the Week and Big Ten Setter of the Week after a weekend that saw her score a triple-double and lead the Hoosiers to wins over No. 5 Ohio State and Northwestern.
Personal
Morris was named to the AVCA 30 Under Thirty list and was awarded with the AVCA Innovational award. She was also named AVCA Regional High School Coach of the Year.
As part of Wave Volleyball, Morris has helped coach many teams to high achievements at Junior Nationals including two bronze medals, two silver medals, and three fifth place finishes. Over the year, she has mentored and helped athletes set and achieve goals on and off the court.
Morris also served as the head coach of the volleyball program at La Costa Canyon High School located in Carlsbad, Calif. During her time as head coach, she re-built the program to a top-3 squad in the county over the four seasons she has been there.
She spent her collegiate career at Oregon where she was the starting setter and named the Most Improved Player in 2007. Morris graduated from Oregon in 2010 with a degree in Sociology.
Off the court, she helped a develop an online platform, VolleyOn Together, to keep athletes engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Serving as president, they had live workouts, webinars, and interviews with professional volleyball players.
Morris lives in Bloomington with her dog Kona.
Rachel Morris completed her third season with the Indiana Volleyball program in 2024. She was elevated to associate head coach and recruiting coordinator on July 1, 2023.
Programmed with a desire to develop student-athletes on and off the court, Morris helped implement daily meditation, conversations about mental health and group-bonding activities upon arrival to Bloomington in 2022. Morris was also named to Volleyball Magazine's Under 40 College Coaching Hotshots list in 2023.
Morris, handed the keys to the team’s offensive gameplan when she arrived at IU, has helped orchestrate a successful three-year run with the setters and attackers. Under her guidance, Camryn Haworth was a three-time All-Big Ten selection. She broke the rally-era assists record (3,923) and the all-time aces record (213).
Over the three seasons that Morris has served as a coach in Bloomington, IU has won 52 games overall and 28 matches in the Big Ten. The 28 conference wins over a three-year span are the most by the program since 1998-2000. As well, IU has had back-to-back 10+ win home seasons for the first time since 1999-2000.
In 2024, Morris helped Haworth run a fast-paced offense in the Big Ten Conference. Haworth finished with 1,061 assists and helped set juniors Candela Alonso-Corcelles (409 kills) and Avry Tatum (348 kills) to career years. Both Alonso-Corcelles and Tatum ended the regular season in the top-15 in kills, points, kills per set and points per set.
IU hit over .205 in consecutive seasons in 2023-24 for the first time since 2017-18. IU’s team in 2023 hit .237 on the season, the fourth-best mark in program history. That year, Haworth was the only setter to be a unanimous All-Big Ten selection.
Haworth led the Big Ten in assists (1,247) and led the Big Ten and NCAA in service aces (73), the most in a single season at IU since volleyball became a NCAA sponsored sport in 1981. She was the only power five player with multiple triple-doubles and finished the season with 10.22 assists per set.
The Hoosiers matched a program record with 21 regular season wins in 2023 and beat Purdue for the first time since 2012. IU finished in a tie for sixth in the conference standings, the best finish by the program since the Big Ten expanded to 14 teams.
During the 2022 campaign, Morris helped lead the Hoosiers to a 16-16 record including a 9-11 finish in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers won nine conference matches for the first time since 2010 and finished eighth in the Big Ten, the highest team's finish since the conference expanded to 14 teams.
IU beat No. 5 Ohio State and No. 25 Michigan on the road, marking the first season in program history with multiple road victories over ranked teams. The win over the Buckeyes was the first over a top-five team on the road in program history and the second-highest ranked win in the team's history.
An average of 1,366 fans came to watch IU matches in Wilkinson Hall in 2022 and IU beat four conference teams on the road for the first time since 2009.
Morris worked directly with sophomore setter Camryn Haworth to help orchestrate an offense that saw four athletes record 200-plus digs on the season. Haworth dished out 1,111 assists and had one of the best all-around seasons in recent memory.
Haworth was named First Team All-Big Ten and AVCA Northeast All-Region Honorable Mention for her contributions and also earned the nod as AVCA National Player of the Week and Big Ten Setter of the Week after a weekend that saw her score a triple-double and lead the Hoosiers to wins over No. 5 Ohio State and Northwestern.
Personal
Morris was named to the AVCA 30 Under Thirty list and was awarded with the AVCA Innovational award. She was also named AVCA Regional High School Coach of the Year.
As part of Wave Volleyball, Morris has helped coach many teams to high achievements at Junior Nationals including two bronze medals, two silver medals, and three fifth place finishes. Over the year, she has mentored and helped athletes set and achieve goals on and off the court.
Morris also served as the head coach of the volleyball program at La Costa Canyon High School located in Carlsbad, Calif. During her time as head coach, she re-built the program to a top-3 squad in the county over the four seasons she has been there.
She spent her collegiate career at Oregon where she was the starting setter and named the Most Improved Player in 2007. Morris graduated from Oregon in 2010 with a degree in Sociology.
Off the court, she helped a develop an online platform, VolleyOn Together, to keep athletes engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Serving as president, they had live workouts, webinars, and interviews with professional volleyball players.
Morris lives in Bloomington with her dog Kona.
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