reason for leaving Middlebury was the ill health of his wife, which could only be remedied by residence in a warmer client. Auburn University In September 1925, Morey was hired as the head football coach at Auburn University in Alabama. Morey was the head coach at Auburn for three years (1925–1927), compiling an overall record of 10–10–1 at the school. The highlight of Morey's tenure with Auburn was a 2–0 win over Bernie Bierman's Tulane squad in the game that dedicated New Orleans' famous Sugar Bowl. In 1927, Morey's Auburn football team lost its starting quarterback, who was expelled after being caught sneaking into the women's dormitory following a night of drunken reverie. The team opened the 1927 season with an 0–3 record, including embarrassing losses to Stetson College and Clemson. At a pep rally six days after the loss to Clemson, Morey announced his resignation. Fordham University and NYU After leaving Auburn, Morey returned north and accepted a position as an assistant football coach at Fordham University working under Major Cavanaguh—who had previously been Morey's head coach at Dartmouth. He also undertook graduate work in physical education at New York University, where he also taught classes in athletic coaching. Bates College In January 1929, Morey was hired by Bates College in Lewiston, Maine as the head coach of its football, baseball and ice hockey teams. In 1932, sports writer Grantland Rice gave Morey the nickname "David the Giant Killer" after his Bates College football team played a highly touted Yale team to a scoreless tie. Morey remained at Bates until 1939. In ten years at Bates, his football teams compiled a record of 28–33–9. In June 1939, Morey unexpectedly resigned his position at Bates. He left his decision unexplained other than a public statement that, "There's no place at Bates for me now." Following the announcement, students at Bates circulated a petition urging the college to reinstate Morey. War years During World War II, Morey served as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Air Station at Martha's Vineyard. From 1944 to 1948, Morey was the head coach at Marblehead High School. Lowell Technical Institute In August 1948, Morey accepted an offer to return to Lowell Technological Institute, where he had been a coach from 1916 to 1917 while the school was called Lowell Textile School. He was appointed in 1948 to the physical education department at Lowell and served