Winston Moss

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Winston Moss
No. 58, 99, 55
Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1965-12-24) December 24, 1965
Place of birth: Miami, Florida
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)Weight: 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school: Miami (FL) Southridge
College: Miami (FL)
NFL Draft: 1987 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50
Debuted in 1987
Last played in 1997
Career history
 As player:
 As coach:
Career NFL statistics
Sacks 20.5
Interceptions 3
Games 169
Stats at NFL.com

Winston Moss (born December 24, 1965) is a former American football linebacker and current assistant head coach / linebackers coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1987 NFL Draft. Moss attended Miami Southridge High School and was an all-state linebacker.[1] He played college football at Miami.

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.[2]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bob Slowik
Green Bay Packers Assistant Head Coaches
2007–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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