This is a holiday twist: The Morgans have two children playing basketball for Northern Iowa, and as a result they spent Christmas Day 3,900 miles apart.
Cris Morgan joined her son, Jeremy, when the men’s team traveled to the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii. Michael Morgan stayed closer to home in Iowa City, so he could join his daughter, Mikaela, when the women’s team visited Creighton.
He also kept tabs on Cailyn (a freshman at Iowa City West) and Marcus (a seventh-grader).
Oldest daughter Crystal, a former Iowa and WNBA player, lives in Dallas.
“Whenever we’ve had the opportunity we’ve always spent Christmases together,” Michael said.