Princeton University Athletics
Sprint Football
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- seanjm@princeton.edu
- Phone:
- 258-1501
Former Ivy League standout and Super Bowl champion Sean Morey enters his third season as the head coach of the Princeton University sprint football team in 2016 after recently completing a two-year fellowship in the athletic department.
His second season at the helm featured eight Tigers named to All-CSFL teams. Chad Cowden was recognized as an honorable mention offense selection, while Nick Barnett found his way onto the second team defense. Ian Lawrie, Mulay Sarbanes, Kris Garris, and Spencer Haldemanwere named to the honorable mention defensive team.
In his first year on the sidelines, Morey helped develop seven All-CSFL selections. Three Tigers garnered second team offense and defense accolades, while four Princeton student-athletes were recognized on the honorable mention squads.
A 1999 graduate of Brown, Morey was the program’s first Ivy League Rookie of the Year (1995) and Player of the Year (1997). A three-time first-team All-Ivy and All-New England selection, the wide receiver twice garnered All-America accolades and led the NCAA Division I-AA in receiving during his junior campaign.
Elected a captain, Morey had his No. 24 jersey retired before the last home game of his senior season. He established five new Ivy records and 11 Brown records at the time of his graduation, hauling in 251 career passes (39 for touchdowns) including the first scored in the new Princeton Stadium in 1998.
Morey was drafted in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft by his hometown team, the New England Patriots. After playing several seasons for NFL Europe’s Barcelona Dragons and the Philadelphia Eagles, he signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was named the special teams captain in 2005 and became the first Brown alum to win a Super Bowl. He signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2007, where he made both a Super Bowl and Pro Bowl appearance. Morey was named to the All-NFL Europe team and was regarded by Peter King as the Sports Illustrated Special Teams Player of the Decade.
While an active NFL Player, Morey was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the NFL Players Association and appointed Co-Chair of the NFLPA Mackey-White TBI Committee. He vigorously defended players’ rights during CBA negotiations and worked closely with some of the leading independent neurological experts to help inform and protect fellow members. Morey devoted his energy towards advocating for comprehensive clinical research efforts intended to understand, quantify and treat pressing health care issues associated with the cumulative and compounding effect of repetitive and recurrent brain trauma.
Morey is also a member of the Brown Football Association and Brown Athletics Hall of Fame. His wife Cara Morey is an assistant coach for the Princeton women’s ice hockey team and a former two-sport All-Ivy standout at Brown. The couple live in Princeton and have three daughters named Devan (11), Kate (9) and Piper (6).
