Damon Mason

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Position:Defensive back
Personal information
Born: (1974-04-21) April 21, 1974 (age 48)
LaPlace, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school: Destrehan (LA)
College: Southwestern Louisiana
Undrafted: 1997
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career Arena statistics
Tackles:1009
Pass Breakups:173
Forced Fumbles:21
Fumble Recoveries:10
Interceptions:44
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Damon Mason (born April 21, 1974) is a former American football defensive back.

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Playing career

High school career

Mason played high school football at Destrehan High School. [1]

College career

Mason played college football at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and Jones County Junior College. [2] He spent 1992 as redshirt freshman at Southwestern Louisiana before transferring to Jones County for the 1993 season. [2] In 1994, Mason returned to Southwestern Louisiana and played through 1996. [2] He finished his career at Southwestern Louisiana with 243 total tackles, 28 tackles for loss, four sacks and six interceptions and had his number was retired by the school. [2] [3] In 2018, he was inducted into the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly Southwestern Louisiana) Athletics Hall of Fame. [4]

Professional career

Mason played in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Orlando Predators, New Jersey/Las Vegas Gladiators, [5] Carolina Cobras, Grand Rapids Rampage, Austin Wranglers, Utah Blaze and New Orleans VooDoo. [6] [7] He retired as the AFL career tackle leader. [4] [8]

Coaching career

In 2014, Mason was hired as the defensive backs coach with the AFL's, New Orleans VooDoo. In 2015, he was an assistant coach at Dunwoody High School in Dunwoody, Georgia. In June 2017, Mason was named defensive coordinator and special teams coach of the Jacksonville Sharks in the National Arena League and in 2018, he was a part-time assistant coach with the team. [9] In 2018, he was announced as head coach of the Louisiana Red Sticks in the National Gridiron League, [10] however, the league did not play that season and he is no longer listed as the coach of the proposed team.

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References

  1. ↑ Lyons, Lori (December 10, 2016). "LaPlace native scouting next move following pro career". L'observateur. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Aymond, Brady (July 7, 2011). "Former Football: Damon Mason still going strong". Daily Advertiser. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Damon Mason" (PDF). ragincajuns.com. p. 87. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Clay, Andrew (September 12, 2018). "Girouard, Hebert headline 2018 Louisiana athletics Hall of Fame class". KATC (TV). Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "AFL Signings". oursportscentral.com. December 1, 2001. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Damon Mason". arenafan.com. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ "VooDoo Make Roster Move, Sign DB Damon Mason". arenafootball.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Defensive Records-Tackles: Tackles Career Leaders". arenafootball.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ Shotola, Steven (June 20, 2017). "Shark hire Damon Mason as Defensive Coordinator". nationalarenaleague.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ "AFL Legend Joins The League". NationalGridiron.com. August 24, 2018.
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