LARNED — Dennan Morrow is on a fast track to a coaching position at a big-time college basketball program.
Morrow, a 2008 graduate of Larned High School, was a sharp-shooting guard for his father Wayne Morrow’s outstanding Indians teams.
He later moved on to Barton County Community College, where he parlayed his 3-point shooting accuracy into a number of records that still stand.
Morrow is tied for the lead for most 3-point field goals made in one game with nine. He also holds the accuracy record at Barton for the best percentage shot on 3-point attempts.
He nailed all six of his attempts against Cloud County in 2010, the same year he drained nine against Colby.
Morrow helped the Barton Cougars to a 28-5 record and a Western Conference title as a freshman in 2008-09 before averaging 9.0 points as team captain in 2009-10.
In one year at Southwestern, he averaged nearly nine points and 2.4 rebounds enroute to earning NAIA Academic All-America honors.
Currently, Morrow is a graduate student manager for the Kansas State men’s basketball team under the leadership of head coach Bruce Weber. He previously spent two years as a student manager.
His duties are to assist in the breakdown of game video and in gathering scouting information and helping to coordinate film exchange. He also works in recruiting and travel.
He is pursuing a master’s degree in College Student Personnel and Intercollegiate Athletics with a goal of becoming a full-time college coach.
With Kansas State off to a terrific start this season, even more attention gets put on the coaching staff, and head coach Bruce Weber has always had a diverse and talented bunch of assistants.
So the next time you tune in to a Kansas State basketball game that’s on television, take special note of all of the good-looking young men dressed in suits who are paying special attention to all of the little details surrounding the players and the head coach during those timeouts.
They are the information guys, helping the head coach make decisions. They’ll probably be wearing purple ties.
Watch out for Dennan Morrow but you’d better look quick. He’s on a fast track.

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Charles Tabler is a contributing writer from Larned