CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Former Oakland Raiders lineman and high school football coach Mo Collins died suddenly at the age of 38 in his Charlotte home Sunday.
The Charlotte Observer reports Collins had been undergoing dialysis treatments for kidney failure.
Collins was head coach at West Charlotte high where he joined the staff in 2013. He led the team to their most wins since 2010. The team is where his football career and started and it meant a lot to him to go back and help.
"Me coming back was saying, 'I care about you.' I'm not doing it for money or status, by no means. I'm not trying to stay relevant. I have a job to show them what it is to be a man, to have a strong work ethic. Instead of me donating money -- and money is always good for a program -- but giving these boys this type of attention and male leadership, I think, I hope, will be invaluable to them," he said in an interview before the 2014 season.
After winning the national championship with the University of Florida Gators, he was picked in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders and was a member of their last Super Bowl team.
