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Morton (1981-2014) coached Cleveland State for 39 seasons in which he brought local, regional and national prominence to the CSU swimming and diving programs.

 Morton coached his teams to 20 conference titles while amassing 44 winning seasons.  With 377 wins, the Viking Hall of Famer is the winningest coach in the history of Cleveland State University.

During his time at CSU, Morton's success is backed by a total of 377 career wins, 14 Penn-Ohio Championships, two Midwestern Collegiate Conference titles, two Horizon League championships, nine Coach of the Year awards, and hundreds of pool, school, and league record times. Under Morton's tenure, Viking swimmers currently hold 11 league records on the men's side and six on the women's side.

As the Head Coach of the men's program, Morton has compiled 307 victories including an astounding 29 seasons with a .500 record or better, including 15 straight seasons. His 1996-97 and 2009-10 squads set the program record with 14 wins. He has guided the men's squad to double-digit wins in each of the last 12 seasons.

Morton has led five CSU swimmers and one diver to the NCAA Championships, including three appearances by Jakub Dobies who became the first All-American in CSU and Horizon League history in 2009 when he finished 12th in the nation in the 100 breaststroke. The men's squad has also received 47 Mid -Major All all-American awards by the College Swimming Coaches Association.  

Morton turned the women's program around over the last seven seasons, leading the squad to 70 wins during the span. That includes four straight winning seasons with a school record 15 wins in 2010-11. At last year's Horizon League Championship, Morton had the women's team in the lead after each of the first three days before finishing as the runner-up for the second straight year. 

In Morton's brief tenure, his women swimmers have earned 17 Mid-Major All American Awards from the CollegeSwimming.com. Over the last three years, the team has been ranked numerous times in the top-20 in CSCAA rankings.

The women's team has also excelled in the classroom under the direction of Morton, perennially appearing on the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America list, which ranks teams according to grade-point average. The Women's Squad has also received the Horizon League Community Outreach award two out of the last three years, while the Men's Team won the "Best of the Best" Academic Award at CSU in 2002-03 as the team with the highest GPA in the department. Both teams have received the Scholar All-America Award a combined 57 times with 27 swimmers earning the Academic All-American designations for excellence in the classroom and in the pool.