Maurice Douglass Maurice Gerrard " Mo " Douglass ( born February 12 , 1964 in Muncie , Indiana ) is a high school football head coach ( known as Coach Doug ) and former American football safety who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants . Douglass played college football at the University of Kentucky after transferring from Coffeyville Community College . Douglass played nine seasons with the Bears on special teams and as a nickel back . He then played two seasons with the Giants . In his early years , he was a witness in a federal trial involving illegal activities by a pair of sports agent s . In high school , he had played for Trotwood - Madison High School and graduated in 1982 . He returned to coach the team in 2001 . In 2006 , he led the team to the playoffs for the first time in 25 years . That year , he was accused of luring players from other teams and found guilty the following year , which was met with a brief suspension . Early life and amateur career . Douglass graduated from Trotwood - Madison High School in 1982 and then played defensive back for Kentucky . In 1984 , he was a junior college transfer from Coffeyville Community College and earned the starting job for Kentucky after two games . He made an interception on his first play from scrimmage against the team on October 6 . Two weeks later he had an interception that set up a 36 - yard field goal against . He totalled three interceptions in his two - year career at Kentucky . On November 3 , he recovered a fumble against . That season Kentucky got off to a 5 – 0 start , but they lost to all three ranked Southeastern Conference schools that they faced and finished the season 9 – 3 . In September 1985 , he suffered from a pinched nerve and was notable for having blown his defensive coverage on two plays in a 27 – 7 victory over . The last of his interceptions occurred on November 16 , 1985 against the Florida Gators when his 43 - yard return set up Kentucky ' s touchdown that gave them a 13 – 12 lead . However , in the waning seconds as they clung to a 13 – 12 lead , his attempt at a second interception on an errant halfback option pass by future Bears teammate Neal Anderson slipped away and Florida was able to execute the winning field goal in their 15 – 13 victory . Douglass was selected to play for the Gray team in the 1985 Blue – Gray Football Classic . Playing career . Chicago Bears . With the last pick of the eighth round of the 1986 NFL Draft and 221st overall selection , the Bears drafted Douglass . He was the third of four defensive backs selected by the Bears in that draft ( Vestee Jackson 2nd round , Bruce Jones 7th round and Barton Hundley 10th round ) . The 1986 Bears signed Douglass in mid - July . In training camp , Douglas was switched from cornerback to safety and recovered a fumble in the first exhibition game against the Cowboys . He was described by bears scout Rod Graves as " built more like a fullback and could possibly help us inside as a strong - safety type " . The " Chicago Tribune " listed him at and , and the " Chicago Sun - Times " reported him at and with the description that " Big , strong , tough hitter who likes to play . A little too slow to play cornerback . Makes some mistakes because of overeagerness . " Douglass was one of the final five players cut during training camp by the Bears at the beginning of September , but they re - signed him in late November when they put Jim McMahon on injured reserve . He did not play much in 1986 , but was described as a favorite of coach Mike Ditka by the " Chicago Sun - Times " . " Chicago Tribune " writers noted that Ditka got a kick out of his big earring and fashion sense . In the 1987 – 88 NFL playoffs , although had only one previous start in his two - year career , he started for the Bears in place of five - year veteran Mike Richardson at left cornerback against the Redskins in their January 10 , 1988 Divisional playoff game . The following season , when Shaun Gayle suffered a season - ending injury for the 1988 Bears , he took over the starting free safety assignment . In March 1989 , he testified against sports agent s Norby Walters of New York and Lloyd Bloom of California in United States District Court in Chicago in a trial about " inducing college athletes to sign professional contracts in violation of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules , and of threatening bodily harm " . He told the jury that Bloom threatened that " that somebody might break my legs " if he attempted to break his contract . In April , the agents were convicted of five counts of racketeering and fraud . In August 1989 , he was one of thirteen athletes issued a four - game suspension for using steroids . Following the suspension , the Bears activated him in October . In September 1994 , New York Jets fullback Richie Anderson dislocated an index finger punching Douglass in the head , while Douglass was wearing a football helmet , in reaction to what he believed was a late hit on teammate Adrian Murrell . Anderson was ejected from the game . In his nine seasons with the Bears , he earned a reputation as an excellent special teams player . New York Giants . Prior to his time with the Giants , he worked as a male stripper . Following the 1994 NFL season , Douglass signed with the New York Giants in April . The two - year contract was estimated at $ 1 . 4 million . Douglass was impaired by a quadriceps injury in 1995 Giants training camp . The injury recurred during the season . He had performed well as the nickel back as a Giant . However , in October , he fractured his left fibula and was out for the rest of 1995 NFL season . 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 . In the second game of the 1996 NFL season , he made a fourth - and - one goalline stop against the Cowboys . Later that season , he scored his only career touchdown when he intercepted a Scott Mitchell pass and returned it 32 yards against the Detroit Lions on October 27 . Late in the season he was affected by a hamstring injury . Douglass resigned with the 1997 Giants . Douglass was in competition with Sam Garnes and Rodney Young for the starting strong safety position for the 1997 NFL season . However , in training camp he was hampered by a deep thigh bruise . Despite the injury , he was projected as the starter . The injury caused him to miss an exhibition game . When he returned to practice he was soon also dealing with a sprained elbow . He lost the job to Garnes after missing a lot of exhibition time and allowing the latter to see plenty of action . In addition to the injury , Douglass had had a poor exhibition showing . Coaching career . In 2001 he became the football coach at his alma mater Trotwood . He transformed the program by spending time creating player highlight reels , responding to college recruiters and taking his athletes on college tours . Subsequently , the athletes began getting college scholarship offers . In his first seven years nearly 100 of his players went on to play college football and over one - third at Division I programs . He is said to have a relaxed mentoring style of coaching and is known as Coach Doug . In 2007 , the team made the playoffs for the first time since 1982 . That year , he was charged with illegally recruiting athletes to play for his team . Upon review by the Ohio High School Athletic Association , he and his staff were found guilty of the charge . In 2008 , he was placed on suspension for three weeks and his offensive coordinator resigned . The school was placed on two - year probation .