Winston Moss

Winston Moss
No. 57, 58, 99, 55
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1965-12-24) December 24, 1965 (age 58)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school:Miami Southridge
(Miami, Florida)
College:Miami (FL)
NFL draft:1987 / round: 2 / pick: 50
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:169
Total tackles:431
Sacks:20.5
Interceptions:3
Total touchdowns:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Career:2–3 (.400) (XFL)

Winston N. Moss (born December 24, 1965) is an American former professional football player, coach and executive. He played as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).

Moss served as head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL. He was formerly the assistant head coach and linebackers coach for the NFL's Green Bay Packers. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1987 NFL draft.[1] Moss attended Miami Southridge High School and was an all-state linebacker.[2] He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes.

Moss also played for the Los Angeles Raiders and Seattle Seahawks.

Coaching career

Moss began his coaching career in 1998 as a defensive quality control assistant for the Seattle Seahawks. He was hired by the New Orleans Saints in 2000 as defensive assistant/quality control; he was promoted to linebackers coach near the end of that season to replace John Bunting, who departed to become head coach at the University of North Carolina. Moss was hired by the Packers to become their linebackers coach on January 19, 2006. He was promoted to assistant head coach by head coach Mike McCarthy on January 15, 2007. Following a disappointing 2008 season for the Packers, Moss was the only major defensive coach not to be fired by McCarthy.[3] In 2016, Moss led the Packers' coaching staff in coaching Team Irvin in the Pro Bowl, replacing McCarthy, who declined to travel to Hawaii due to illness. On December 4, 2018, just two days after McCarthy was fired as head coach, Moss was relieved of his coaching duties after thirteen seasons with the team.[4]

On May 7, 2019, Moss was hired as the head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Wildcats.[5]

Head coaching record

XFL

Team Year Regular season Postseason
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
LAW 2020 2 3 0 .400 TBD 0 0 .000 TBD
Total 2 3 0 .400 0 0 .000

References

  1. ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Green Bay Packers Official Website Archived May 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine January 9, 2013
  3. ^ "Packers fire defensive coordinator". ESPN.com. January 5, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  4. ^ Packers part ways with Winston Moss December 4, 2018
  5. ^ Markazi, Arash (May 7, 2019). "Winston Moss, who played for L.A. Raiders, to be named coach and GM of L.A.'s XFL team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 7, 2019.