Football
Morgan, Courtney

Courtney Morgan
- Title:
- Director of Player Personnel
- Phone:
- 559-278-3015
Last updated June 22, 2020
Courtney Morgan joined the Fresno State football team's recruiting department as its Director of Player Personnel in March of 2020. He arrived from San Jose State, where he held a similar role (July 2019-March 2020).
Upon joining the Spartans' staff, Morgan was 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.
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 for two years following his stint with the Bruins, where he led 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 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.
Courtney Morgan joined the Fresno State football team's recruiting department as its Director of Player Personnel in March of 2020. He arrived from San Jose State, where he held a similar role (July 2019-March 2020).
Upon joining the Spartans' staff, Morgan was 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.
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 for two years following his stint with the Bruins, where he led 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 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.