Moss served as head baseball coach and backfield coach at the University of Miami in 1955 and University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1958 . In 1959 , he was named as the head football coach and athletic director at Florida State , and compiled a 4 – 6 record and later at Marshall University in 1968 where he compiled an 0 – 9 – 1 record before resigning in the wake of NCAA recruiting violations . Twenty-eight members of the 1969 Thundering Herd presented a petition to West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. to reinstate Moss for 1970 , but the university instead named 1969 interim coach Rick Tolley , known as a brutal disciplinarian , to the post permanently . The decision undoubtedly saved Moss ' life , for Tolley , 37 players and 37 others perished on November 14 , 1970 in the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932 following Marshall 's loss at East Carolina
Southern Airways Flight 932
Southern Airways Flight 932
Perry Moss