Earthwind Moreland, 1995, Football Player and Coach
October 12, 2022
Earthwind Moreland, a 1995 Grady graduate went far with his football career after playing four years in high school.
“I had a great experience playing for Grady,” Moreland said. “We were a really close team and truly enjoyed playing together.”
After earning All-City football honors,, Moreland continued as a collegiate and professional athlete. At Georgia Southern University, he played on the 1996-1998 teams, which won three consecutive Southern Conference titles and won the NCAA 1-AA national championship his senior year.
“It was easy to go play in college and beyond because of the team culture at Grady,” Moreland said. “One of my best friends, who I had played with through childhood and Grady went to play at Georgia Southern for basketball; so I knew we were doing it together.”
After bouncing around on several NFL teams, Moreland signed with the New England Patriots, who won Superbowl XXXIX 2005. In the 2004-2005 season, Moreland started two out of nine games, and was the fourth cornerback on the depth chart.
“Grady taught me how to play with a team that I used later,” Moreland said. “It was so much easier for us to get through a game because we were bonded together and built off of each other.”
Moreland returned to work at Grady in 2014 and led the Knights as the head football coach through a successful streak for four years. He now serves as the head football coach at Mundy’s Mill in Clayton County, leading this season with a 5-1 streak.
“When I returned, I saw nothing but familiar faces, and it felt good to be back in the Grady community again,” Moreland said.