Mal Moore
Mal M. Moore (born December 19, 1939 in Dozier, Crenshaw County) is the current athletic director for the University of Alabama. On November 23, 1999, he was hired to his current position after spending almost thirty years in other areas with the university. During his time at the university, Moore was part of seven National Championship teams between 1961 and 1992.
Moore was recruited as a quarterback to Bear Bryant's first class of scholarship players in 1958 and backed up Pat Trammell during the 1961 championship season. Moore earned his bachelor's degree in sociology in 1963 and his master's degree in secondary education in 1964. He spent a year as a graduate assistant at Montana State University, then worked as a graduate assistant for Bryant before being hired as the Tide's defensive backfield coach in 1965. In 1971 he was promoted to quarterbacks coach, and assumed the role of offensive coordinator when the position was created in 1975. In 1977 he turned down the offer of a head coaching job at Fresno State University in California.
When Bryant retired in 1982, Moore had hoped to succeed him, but was instead fired by incoming coach Ray Perkins. He was hired by Gerry Faust at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. He was then hired by fellow Bryant-protege Gene Stallings in the National Football League's St Louis Cardinals, who moved to Phoenix, Arizona soon afterward. He followed Stallings back to Tuscaloosa as Alabama's quarterbacks coach in 1990. In 1994 Hootie Ingram hired him as an assistant athletic director for external affairs. He succeeded Bob Bockrath as Director of Athletics in 1999.
As Athletic Director, Moore was responsible for the efforts that led to the hiring of Dennis Franchione, Mike Price, Mike Shula and Nick Saban as head football coaches for the Crimson Tide. He also oversaw expansion projects at Bryant-Denny Stadium and Coleman Coliseum as well as improved facilities for other sports. Also under his tenure the football program was placed under NCAA sanctions while his department's annual budget climbed from $36 million to over $85 million. The former "football building" at the University was named the "Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility" in his honor in 2007.
In 2009 Moore turned over day-to-day operations of the department to Dave Hart.
Moore is a widower, having lost his wife, Charlotte, to Alzheimer's Disease in 1990. The couple had one daughter: Heather.
Moore was inducted into the 2012 class of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
References
- Kausler, Jr, Don (September 17, 2009) "Mal Moore succeeds as athletics director in tough times for Alabama." Birmingham News
Eternal links
- Mal Moore bio at RollTide.com