SAN JOSE, Calif. – Courtney Morgan has been named Coordinator of Player Personnel for the San Jose State football team. SJSU head coach Brent Brennan made the announcement on Wednesday.
"We're really excited to have Courtney joining us," Brennan said. "He has a great background in the recruiting world and did a really good job at UCLA for a long time. He's a guy with a player background, being that he played college football for Michigan, so he understands what he is looking at from a football point of view. He's done it on a really high level and in a really competitive situation, so he knows what the demands are and the importance of recruiting in building our roster and bring in players to help us win a Mountain West Championship."
Morgan is the co-founder of the Pure Influence Group, a company founded in 2017 to match emerging brands with amazing talent. Morgan represented 10 National Football League players while assembling traditional and emerging media outlets in television and Internet to increase awareness and expand their client's profiles.
Prior to co-founding the company, Morgan was the Director of Client Development for Los Angeles-based Vanguard Sports Group, where he lead and oversaw the Client Development division of the mid-tier multi-million dollar firm specializing in contract negotiations, marketing, public relations, endorsements, social media consulting, brand strategy, philanthropy and management. Morgan's clients included NFL players Von Miller, Keenan Allen, Cordarrelle Patterson, Reggie Ragland, Josh Norman, Bradly Roby and Jack Conklin.
Morgan is returning to the collegiate level for the first time since 2013 when he was the Director of Player Development at UCLA for two seasons. He pioneered UCLA Football's first post-football transition course called "College to Career", a program developed to help graduating players transition to life after football. He also created and oversaw The Boys and Girls Club's first major partnership with UCLA Football, managing 110 student-athletes to attend weekly mentoring sessions at local Los Angeles Boys and Girls Clubs.
"We're going to find the most talented players we can that fit the profile for what Coach Brennan wants," Morgan said. "We're going to bring in winners and talented football players because one advantage that we have is that we are in the state of California. There is a lot of talent here and we don't really have to go far to get it. Whether it's here in the north or down in Southern California, the talent is here. I think that we have a great coaching staff and I think that the best is yet to come."
Morgan began his professional career as a sales representative for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, a role he held for five years before joining Team Makena Surgical in 2009 as an Orthopedic Sales Consultant.
Morgan is a 2003 graduate of the University of Michigan where he majored in sports marketing and communication. The Los Angeles native was a four-year letterman on the Michigan Wolverines football team as an offensive lineman from 2000-2003.