Coach Mose Rison enters his second season at NCCU, but assumes the role of head coach for the first time in his 25-year coaching career.

Former NCCU Chancellor James H. Ammons announced Rison as the school's 19th head football coach on Feb. 6, 2007.

Rison served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach during the Eagles historic 11-1 campaign in 2006. He will continue calling plays as the offensive coordinator and working with the quarterbacks.

With Rison directing NCCU's offense, the 2006 Eagles scored 371 points (30.9 per game), the most in school history. Under Rison's tutelage, freshman quarterback Stadford Brown was named as the "SBN Sports Doug Williams Offensive Player of the Year," the 2006 CIAA Offensive Player of the Year and CIAA Rookie of the Year.

A 1978 graduate of Central Michigan University, Rison spent the 2005 season as the Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Coordinator at Davidson College, where the Wildcats averaged more than 200 yards passing per game running a West Coast offensive system.

He has also held positions at Livingstone College (Offensive Coordinator, 2004), the University of Arizona (Wide Receivers/Passing Coordinator, 2003), Stanford University (Wide Receivers, 1995-2000), Rutgers University (Wide Receivers/Tight Ends, 1991-94), the U.S. Naval Academy (Wide Receivers, 1988-90), and Central Michigan University (Wide Receivers, 1981-87). During his tenure at Stanford, Rison coached in three bowl games, including the 2000 Rose Bowl.

Rison, the cousin of five-time NFL All-Pro receiver Andre Rison, spent two seasons (2001-02) in the National Football League coaching ranks as the wide receivers coach with the New York Jets, helping to develop Laveranues Coles and Santana Moss. He has also held NFL summer internships with the Baltimore Ravens (2000), Chicago Bears (1999), New York Jets (1993) and Detroit Lions (1988).

A standout running back for Central Michigan from 1974-77, Rison helped the Chippewas to a 13-1 record and a Division II national title as a freshman. He rushed for 1,283 yards and scored 12 touchdowns as a senior to earn all-conference and team MVP honors.

Rison and his wife, Marilynn, have two children, Dominique (21) and Tara (18). Dominique lives in Charlotte, N.C. and attends Johnson & Wales University. Tara is a freshman at North Carolina Central University, majoring in business.

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The Mose Rison File

Born: July 22, 1956

High School: Flint Beecher H.S. in Flint, Mich.

College: Central Michigan, 1978

Graduate Degree: Central Michigan, 1983

Player:

1974-77 Central Michigan, Running Back

Coach:

1981-87 Central Michigan University - Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers

1988-90 U.S. Naval Academy - Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers

1988 Detroit Lions, NFL - Summer Internship

1991-94 Rutgers University - Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers/Tight Ends

1993 New York Jets, NFL - Summer Internship

1995-2000 Stanford University - Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers

1999 Chicago Bears, NFL - Summer Internship

2000 Baltimore Ravens, NFL - Summer Internship

2001-02 New York Jets, NFL Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers

2003 University of Arizona - Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers/Passing Coordinator

2004 Livingstone College - Offensive Coordinator

2006 North Carolina Central University - Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach

2007 North Carolina Central University - Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach