Maurice Gerrard "Mo" Douglass was born on February 12,1964 and is an American high school football head coach at Springfield High School and a former professional football safety who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants.
16 Facts About Maurice Douglass
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Maurice Douglass played nine seasons with the Bears on special teams and as a nickel back.
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Maurice Douglass totalled three interceptions in his two-year career at Kentucky.
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Maurice Douglass was the third of four defensive backs selected by the Bears in that draft.
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Maurice Douglass was described by bears scout Rod Graves as "built more like a fullback and could possibly help us inside as a strong-safety type".
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Maurice Douglass did not play much in 1986, but was described as a favorite of coach Mike Ditka by the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Maurice Douglass told the jury that Bloom threatened that "somebody might break my legs" if he attempted to break his contract.
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In September 1994, New York Jets fullback Richie Anderson dislocated an index finger punching Maurice Douglass in the head, while Maurice Douglass was wearing a football helmet, in reaction to what he believed was a late hit on teammate Adrian Murrell.
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Maurice Douglass was impaired by a quadriceps injury in 1995 Giants training camp.
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Maurice Douglass had performed well as the nickel back as a Giant.
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Maurice Douglass appeared to be a likely roster cut during the 1996 Giants training camp final selection of its 53-man roster of players, but he made the final roster cut.
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Maurice Douglass was in competition with Sam Garnes and Rodney Young for the starting strong safety position for the 1997 NFL season.
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Maurice Douglass lost the job to Garnes after missing a lot of exhibition time and allowing the latter to see plenty of action.
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Maurice Douglass transformed the program by spending time creating player highlight reels, responding to college recruiters and taking his athletes on college tours.
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Maurice Douglass is said to have a relaxed mentoring style of coaching and is known as Coach Doug.
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In 2014, Maurice Douglass left Trotwood and became the head coach at Springfield High School.