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The Green Bay Packers Thursday named Winston Moss linebackers coach. Head Coach Mike McCarthy made the announcement.
"I can't tell you how excited I am to add a Winston Moss to our first staff in Green Bay," McCarthy said. "We now have on board an up-and-coming leader who I know will go a long way in this profession. He was highly sought after as an assistant coach by several teams."
Moss, 40, joins the Packers from the New Orleans Saints, where he spent five full seasons (2001-05) as linebackers coach. Near the end of the 2000 season, McCarthy's first with the Saints, the club promoted Moss from defensive assistant/quality control to replace linebackers coach John Bunting, who left to become head coach at North Carolina.
Using the same philosophies he used during an 11-year career as an NFL linebacker, the imposing Moss now has seven years experience as a coach in the league. He began coaching in 1998 as a defensive quality control assistant in Seattle, where he had played his final season.
A veteran of 155 NFL games (146 starts), Moss played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987-90) and the Los Angeles Raiders (1991-94), in addition to the Seahawks (1995-97). Tampa Bay's second-round selection in the 1987 draft, Moss recorded 768 tackles, 20.5 sacks and five interceptions during his distinguished career. In 1993, when he led the Raiders in tackles on a team that advanced to the AFC Divisional playoffs, he earned the Ed Block Courage Award from his teammates. Moss also was a three-time defensive captain and received the 1996 NFL Players Association Unsung Hero Award.
Moss played collegiately at the University of Miami (Fla.), where he and current Packers scout Alonzo Highsmith helped the Hurricanes to the national championship to close the 1983 season.