CMU Mourns All-Time Great Mose Rison

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Mose Rison, a member of Central Michigan's 1974 Division II national championship football team and former Chippewa assistant coach, passed away on Wednesday.

A native of Flint, Mich., Rison was a four-year letterman (1974-77) who ranks 10th in Central Michigan history with 2,838 career rushing yards.

He was CMU's Most Valuable Player and a First Team All-Mid-American Conference selection after rushing for 1,241 yards and scoring 12 touchdowns in 1977.

"It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of one of Central Michigan's all-time greats and a true Chippewa, Mose Rison," Zyzlewski Family Vice President/Director of Athletics Amy Folan said. "Mose was not only a standout player and coach, but a genuinely warm human being and gentleman. Our thoughts are with his family."

Rison served two stints as an assistant coach at CMU for a total of 13 years. He also coached at Navy, Rutgers and Stanford and with the New York Jets in the NFL. He was the head coach at North Carolina Central from 2007-10.

Rison earned both bachelor's and master's degrees from CMU.

Related Videos