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Les Moss (American football)

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High school:
  
Poca (WV)

Career record:
  
70–44 (.614)

Positions
  
Head coach

Postseason:
  
5–3 (.625)

Role
  
American football player

Regular season:
  
65–41 (.613)

Name
  
Les Moss

College:
  
Central Florida

ArenaBowl wins:
  
1 (2011)


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Education
  
University of Central Florida

Les Moss is an American football coach. He was the head coach of the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2010 to 2016. He's the son of former NFL, AFL, CFL and NCAA head football coach, Perry Moss, who is enshrined in the AFL Hall of Fame.

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Early life

Moss grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, until he was in eighth grade when his family moved to Poca, West Virginia, where he attended Poca High School. He was a member of the football team playing offensive end.

Career

Moss was head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers of Af2, where he was Coach of the year. In 2010, Moss was named AFL Coach of the Year after compiling a 12–4 record with the Jacksonville Sharks in their inaugural season. On October 4, 2012, The Sharks announced that Moss had been re-signed through the 2014 season. He was fired by the Sharks on July 18, 2016 after a 5-9 start to the season. He was tight ends coach for the XFL's Orlando Rage.

References

Les Moss (American football) Wikipedia