Willard Scissum
Appearance
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![]() Scissum after receiving his Super Bowl ring at a ceremony held in 2018 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Guntersville, Alabama, U.S. | October 28, 1962
Playing career | |
1981–1984 | Alabama |
1985 | Denver Broncos* |
1987 | Washington Redskins |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
c. 1994 | Alabama (GA) |
1998–2000 | Morehouse (OL) |
2001 | Morris Brown (co-OC) |
2002–2004 | Morehouse |
2006–2007 | Clark Atlanta (OL) |
2007 | Berlin Thunder (TE) |
2008 | Fort Valley State (OL) |
2009–2010 | Alcorn State (OL) |
2011–2012 | Alabama State (OL) |
2013–2015 | Savannah State (assoc. HC/OL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–18 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Willard Sebastian Scissum (born October 28, 1962) is American football coach and former player who played as a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins in the 1987 NFL season.[1] He played college football at Alabama.
Before his stint with the Redskins, he was signed as a free agent by the Denver Broncos and played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions.[2] He served as the head football coach at Morehouse College from 2002 to 2004,[3] and was last an assistant coach at Savannah State University.
In 2018, Scissum was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.[4]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Morehouse Maroon Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2002–2004) | |||||||||
2002 | Morehouse | 6–5 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
2003 | Morehouse | 4–7 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
2004 | Morehouse | 4–6 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
Morehouse: | 14–18 | 10–14 | |||||||
Total: | 14–18 |
References
- ^ Wiley, Ralph (October 12, 1987). "The Envelope, Please". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "PROFILES OF KEY REPLACEMENT REDSKINS". The Washington Post. October 4, 1987.
- ^ "Moorehouse College hires Willard Scissum as football coach". The Tuscaloosa News. March 20, 2002 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ Chesebrough, Diane (June 12, 2018). "Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings". Redskins Wire. USA Today. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
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