A Former NFL player and college all-star record holder at Notre Dame, Autry Denson joins the Bethune-Cookman football staff in 2011, serving as graduate assistant and coaching the Wildcat running backs for Head Coach Brian Jenkins.

Most recently, Denson was head football coach at Pope John Paul II High School in Boca Raton, Fla., during the 2010 season.

Denson started for the Miami Dolphins in the 1999 and 2000 seasons, after which he played for the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts. He later went on to play in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes, where he finished eighth in the league in rushing.

Before turning pro, Denson set the record as the all-time leading rusher at Notre Dame, capping a spectacular college career which included MVP honors at the 1999 Gator Bowl and team MVP for the Fighting Irish in 1997, 1998 and 1999 seasons.

Denson is a South Florida native and graduate of Nova High in Davie for coach Willie Dodaro, where he set the Broward County rushing record. He was named 1995 Offensive Player of the Year by the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel and Player of the Year by the Miami Herald.