PETER MORGAN
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- Sep 19, 2025
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Updated: Sep 26, 2025
Trenton Central High School – Coach
During a decade as head coach of TCHS, Coach Peter Morgan won 3 Group IV Track & Field State Championships. They came in 1940, 1944 and 1945.
In Cross-country his teams also won 3 NJ State Championships in 1941, 1942, 1945, and 2 National Interscholastic Cross-country Championships in 1941 and 1942.
Morgan’s track team won the inaugural Conference Championship in 1939. His teams continued to win the conference straight though until 1946—for 8 in a row.
In the South Jersey Championships, Trenton’s team under Coach Pete won 7 in a row from 1940-1946.
Morgan also coached the 1946 Penn Relays Champions in the 2 Mile Relay.
As head coach, Morgan mentored athletes to individual Group 4 state titles in the following:
1938 Al Kurlander 120 HH
1939 Paul Augustine Jav, Larry Falwell 440 Yds
1940 Johnny Bossman 220 YDS, Jack Hunt 220 LH & George Odgen Jav
1941 George Ogden Jav
1943 Ed Poreda 880 Yds & Robert Westover 440 Yds
1944 Ed Poreda 880 Yds, Hal Bannister 1 Mile Run, & Walt Antheil Jav
1945 William Fischer 880 Yds and Danny Ray 120HH
1946 William Fischer 440 Yds, and Jack Skokos 1 Mile Run
1948 Ron Groomes Long Jump
Morgan left TCHS to become Assistant Track Coach and Head Cross-country Coach at Princeton University. He coached the Tigers until 1970. After retiring from coaching he became Executive Director of the Mercer County Parks Commission.
Morgan was a graduate of Notre Dame University Class of ’29 and played college football and track. His football coach was Knute Rockne.
MAJOR TITLES WON
3 STATE GROUP 4 T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS (1940, 1944, 1945)
3 STATE CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (1941, 1942, 1945)
2 NATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (1941 & 1942)
7 SJ SECTIONAL T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS (1940 TO 1946)
8 BIG-6 CONFERENCE T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS (1939-1946)
2 MERCER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (1937 & 1938)
STATE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP (1943)
PENN RELAYS CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA 2-MILE RELAY (1946)
