Mose Rison (July 22, 1956 – September 7, 2022) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player and coach He was the 20th head coach football coach at

North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from ...

in Durham, North Carolina, serving from 2007 to 2010 and compiling a record of 16–22. A native of Flint, Michigan, Rison played college football from 1974 to 1977 as a

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. Ther ...

at Central Michigan University, rushing for 2,838 career yards. He died on September 7, 2022.

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