Featured Athletes /// Moses Harper, Lincoln Football Coach


COACHING FOR LIFE Story By: Rod Smith Photography By: Lincoln University Athletics


Moses Harper is feeling right at home at Lincoln University and in A 16-year coaching veteran enters his third season leading the Blue Tigers.          ty has been incredible since the moment my family and I arrived,”  Coach Harper grew up in McComb, Mississippi, a town he still


loves to this day. After high school, he moved to the Midwest, be- coming a rare two-sport athlete at Central Methodist University in Fayette. He learned to balance two sports and the books, thanks in  and Eagles football coach Alan Dykens. “Both believed in me and gave me the opportunity to be a part of two great teams and their families. When I look back, my journey toward earning my degree and becoming a coach both began in Fayette.” Harper got a taste of coaching at Central Methodist before other   starting in 2024.


“Balancing life as a head football coach, husband, and father is 


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real superhero. She does an incredible job of keeping our family strong and grounded, which allows me to give everything I have to  


Coaches' spouses rarely get the credit they deserve, and are usu- ally the real MVP at home. “Family is my foundation,” Harper believes, “and it reminds me


 but to help develop better husbands, fathers, and men.”  with 2-year-old twins Alena and Cameron. A big family, to go along with a big football team at Lincoln. The Blue Tigers started presea- son camp with 119 players on the roster.  son City community, helping out in local elementary schools with “High Five Fridays.” The players bring a lot of smiles to the faces of the kids and parents.   service and excellence.


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