Joseph Moses Jr. enters his second season as head coach of the Centenary men's and women's track and field and cross country programs after being named to the position in October, 2021.

Moses Jr., a native of Baton Rouge who attended Baker High School, is a 1994 graduate of LSU where he was a member of a pair of national championship teams with the Tigers in 1988 and 1989. Moses Jr. comes to Centenary from Simpson University in Redding, Calif. where he served as head cross country and track and field coach and strength and conditioning coach.

Moses Jr.'s first season with the Maroon and White was extermely successful. Sophomore Devante' Jack (Jena, La.) splashed onto the national scene this past season as he ran a conference-record time of 1:52.37 in the men's 800-meters at the 2022 SCAC Championships in San Antonio. Jack became the first Centenary student-athlete ever to win an event at the SCAC Championships and bested several athletes from Division I schools and his 1:52.37 at the time was the 15^th-fastest time run all season in division III. He missed out in his final attempt competing in the 800-meter run to qualify for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in May but overall had a stellar season as he recorded two individual wins, a runner-up finish, four top-10 finishes, and was named the SCAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week following his win at the conference meet. He was also named the 2022 SCAC Newcomer of the Year.

Centenary recorded 11 top-15 individual finishes as well as eight top-five finishes men and women combined this past season. Freshman Madeline Vacula (Belton, Texas), junior Sydney Bascomb (Mesquite, Texas), senior Veronica Dougherty (McAllen, Texas), and sophomore Coby Harris (Lafayette, La.) all turned in solid individual seasons for the Maroon and White.

Moses Jr. was previously at Xavier University in New Orleans from 2004-18 were he enjoyed annual success at the NAIA school including being named Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) Coach of the Year 12 times

Moses Jr. was the head coach at division 1 Charleston Southern University from 2001-03 where he produced 13 all-conference student-athletes. He led Xavier to 23 conference championships and was twice named Louisiana Coach of the Year. He also coached at Independence Community College, a NJCAA institution in Independence Kansas, from 2000-01.