He played running back at Denison for two years before an injury forced him to transition from player to coach.
[2] Mason joined the staff at Ohio State University in 2015 and was a graduate assistant for two years.
In January 2022, it was reported he would become the Special Teams Coordinator at the University of Notre Dame.
[3] The move re-united Mason with Marcus Freeman, whom he previously worked with at Ohio State, Cincinnati, and Purdue.
[5][1] Mason is a native of Zionsville, Indiana where he played football for Zionsville Community High School and holds a bachelor's degree in economics(Denison), and master's degrees in education (Bluffton, 2012), recreation and sports management (Purdue, 2014), and kinesiology, sport management (Ohio State, 2016).