National Boys Basketball

Harry Morra comes to Perkiomen with more than 20 years of athletic experience, most recently as the Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Lehigh University. During his eight years as an assistant Coach, the Mountain Hawks played in three Patriot League Championship games and accumulated double-figure league victories during six out of eight seasons. Prior to Lehigh, Morra helped DeSales established itself as one of the top 20 winningest programs in NCAA Division III, playing in the Sweet 16 twice and Round of 32 three times. In Morra’s time at DeSales, the Bulldogs went 102-39. He helped lead DeSales to two Regular Season Championships, two Freedom Tournament Championships, along with three NCAA Tournament wins. Morra helped develop three 1,000 point scorers, two All-Americans, two Freedom MVPs and a National Rookie Team member.After graduating from DeSales University, where Morra was a four-year player and two-year captain of the men’s basketball team, he played for and then coached the Belfast Star of the Sea, a member of the 12-team Irish Superleague. He also worked with PeacePlayers International, a global non-profit using the sport of basketball to bring together children in divided communities.

Morra has been recognized by Silver Waves Media as one of the 50 most impactful assistant coaches in Men’s NCAA Division 1 Basketball. He has worked with several All-American players, including CJ McCollum, Darnell Braswell, and Tim Kempton. Morra also brings a strong background in student-athlete development and community building.

Morra has worked camps at Duke, Villanova and Lehigh. After college, he was both a player and then assistant coach for Belfast Star of the Sea, which competes in the 12-team Irish Superleague. He also has experience as Operations Manager for PeacePlayers International in Northern Ireland and South Africa, an ESPY Award winning basketball non-profit organization based out of Washington, D.C.

John Williams is an alumnus who graduated from Perkiomen School in 2013. He currently works as the Associate Director of Admissions & Financial Aid and has been an assistant coach and recruiter for our boys basketball program since 2017.

Coach Williams previously worked as a Digital Media Intern with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2017-18 as well as the Los Angeles Chargers from 2019-20. He graduated from Susquehanna University (’17) where he studied Public Relations and Sports Media as well as playing football at the school. He was a four-time varsity letter winner at Susquehanna.

Coach Williams had this to say about the upcoming season: “Being the person in the ‘front-office’ to help our student-athletes through the admissions process is a pleasure of mine. As an alum of the school, I want us to continue to compete at high levels athletically, but also have tremendous students in the classroom!”