Colfax Football head coach retires after 32 years

Morgan helped lead 13 teams to playoffs, holds 172-95 record as coach

Jake Hull, Whitman County Gazette | Nov 30, 20230

Courtesy of Colfax School District count

Long-time Colfax High School Football Coach Mike Morgan.

COLFAX - After 32 years of being on football sidelines, including 26 years as a head coach, Colfax football coach Mike Morgan is letting go of the Bulldog's leash.

Morgan spent the last 26 years as the head football coach for the Bulldogs, with a record of 172-95 in his head coaching career, including a state championship title in 2001.

"When you coach 26 years they're all memorable," said Morgan.

Doug Curtis was the head coach of the Colfax football team before Morgan.

Morgan started at Colfax in the fall of 1992 as an assistant.

Morgan said that when he took over, the 1998 team were young fr...