Veteran coach Wayne Moses returns for his second season on the University of Hawai‘i coaching staff as running backs coach in the 2015 season. Moses arrived at UH from Army, where he spent one season on former UH coach Rich Ellerson’s staff.
In his first season with the Rainbow Warriors, the UH rushing offense gained 568 yards more than the previous season, improving yards rushing per game to 149.4 from 114.6 in 2013. Moses aided the strong finish for senior Joey Iosefa, who collected 643 yards with eight touchdowns on 151 carries, despite playing just six games. Iosefa participated in the NFL Scouting Combine and was selected in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Moses and UH head coach Norm Chow coached together at USC under Pete Carroll in 2001 and at UCLA under Rick Neuheisel from 2008-10. Chow was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach while Moses coached the running backs on Carroll’s inaugural staff. Moses’ coaching career stretches four decades at both the college and professional levels. He’s been a part of 13 bowl teams at 14 different schools and has coached at five different Pac-12 institutions, including multiple stops at UCLA (1990-95 and 2008-11) and Stanford (2002-03 and ’05). A total of 33 of his 35 years of coaching has been spent at the college level, including 19 years at Pac-12 schools.
In addition to Carroll and Neuheisel, Moses has worked with other notable head coaches including Terry Donahue, Steve Mariucci, Jim Lambright, and Walt Harris.
Moses has spent the majority of his career mentoring running backs. In his only stop in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams, he coached Steven Jackson to back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and his first Pro Bowl appearance in 2006.
Most recently prior to UH, in his one season at Army, Moses coached the slotbacks in its sophisticated triple option offense, mentoring Terry Baggett, who set the school’s single-game rushing record of 304 yards against Eastern Michigan. Prior to Army, he spent the 2012 season at Idaho after four seasons at UCLA, where he was part of two bowl teams and mentored running back Jonathan Franklin to a 1,200-yard season in 2010.
In 2004, Moses coached at Pittsburgh and helped the Panthers to a share of the Big East title and a berth in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Sandwiched between his only year at Pitt, he coached the 2002-03 seasons and 2005 campaign at Stanford where he recruited Toby Gerhart, the 2009 Heisman Trophy runner-up, and All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman, a member of the Super Bowl XLVIII Champion Seattle Seahawks.
Prior to his stint at USC, Moses spent four seasons at his alma mater, Washington, from 1997-2000, the latter of which he coached the Huskies to an 11-1 record and Rose Bowl victory over Purdue. He coached running backs at California for the 1996 campaign and had a six-year tenure at UCLA from 1990-95. In all, he coached four running backs that led the league in rushing.
In 1989, Moses coached at New Mexico and worked with the wide receivers where one of his pupils was Terance Mathis, who finished his career as the NCAA’s all-time leader with 4,254 receiving yards. Mathis went on to a productive 13-year NFL career with the New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Moses also spent time at San Diego State (RBs, 1986-88), Rutgers (RBs, 1984-85), Bowling Green (RBs, 1981-83), North Carolina State (asst. defensive backs, 1980) and Cal State Fullerton (RBs, 1979).
Moses earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington, where he was a four-year letterman for the Huskies. He started at cornerback two seasons, helping the squad to a Pac-8 title, a Rose Bowl win over Michigan and a No. 10 ranking in the final Associated Press poll as a senior.
Moses and his wife, Rosalind, have two daughters, Valerie and Kimberly.
The Moses File
Personal
Years at UH: 2nd season
Born: San Dimas, Calif.
Alma Mater: Washington (1977)
Playing Experience
1973-77: Washington
Coaching Experience
2014-: Hawai‘i: Assistant (Running Backs)
2013: Army: Assistant (Slotbacks)
2012: Idaho: Assistant (Running Backs)
2008-11: UCLA: Assistant (Running Backs)
2006-07: St. Louis Rams: Assistant (Running Backs)
2005: Stanford: Assistant (Running Backs)
2004: Pittsburgh: Assistant (Running Backs)
2002-03: Stanford: Assistant (Running Backs)
2001: USC: Assistant (Running Backs)
1997-2000: Washington: Assistant (Running Backs)
1996: California: Assistant (Running Backs)
1990-95: UCLA: Assistant (Running Backs)
1989: New Mexico: Assistant (Wide Receivers)
1986-88: San Diego State: Assistant (Running Backs)
1984-85: Rutgers: Assistant (Running Backs)
1981-83: Bowling Green: Assistant (Running Backs)
1980: North Carolina State: Assistant (Assistant Defensive Backs)
1979: Cal State Fullerton: Assistant (Running Backs)
