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Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a five part series on Coach Moore.
This is a story about a man of great faith. About a nice guy who finished first instead of last.
We’ll begin in Bonham, Texas. Head Coach Jerry Moore grew up in this
rural farming community where Christian-ity and Friday night football were the two religions. He was raised by hard-working, blue-collared parents who had been through the Great Depression.
Moore was a young wide receiver work-ing to reach the heights of local football hero Bill Swoboda, a New York Giants All-Pro linebacker. Moore had just come off his first season with the Bonham High School var-sity team, in which his squad finished 0-10. But the winless season didn’t matter to him. He knew he would be better his sophomore year. He would be faster. He would be stron-ger.
And so would the rest of his team.“I wanted to play, but I wanted to win,”
Jerry Moore said. “The coaches that I played for were coaches that had won. One of them only played in two losing games his entire
life. It was more than just playing. It was about trying to win and be the best that I could be.”
After not winning a single game for the whole entire 1953 season, M. B. Nelson was hired as head coach. Coach Nelson was tough but he encouraged dedication and a will to win.
The will to win was key to Moore’s success then and now.
It is Wednesday, four days after Appala-chian State’s conference win over Chatta-nooga, and the football team is clumped in a huddle in the middle of the field praying.
No one is moving - they’re focused on praying.
Moore is in the huddle, praying as one with the rest of his football team.
“I think the players respect him,” Assistant Head Coach Scott Satterfield said. “When you respect someone, it doesn’t matter if they yell at you or they whisper to you. When you respect them, you are going to do exactly what they tell you to do, and when you don’t do it, you feel like you let them down. You don’t ever want to let Coach Moore down.”
After the prayer, Moore walks off the field with his slow Texas gait.
He has definitely come a long way since that 0-10 season his freshman year of high school.
1957: Head Coach Jerry Moore’s football career began in high school. Moore played for Bonham High School’s varsity football team.
1958-61: Moore went to study at Baylor University located in Waco, Texas. He recieved a B.A. in finance and economics. He graduated in 1961. While at Baylor, Moore played as a wide receiver for their football team from 1958-60.
1961-64: Moore begins his first coaching job at Corsicana High School in Texas. He served as an assistant coach.
1965-72: Moore picked up a different assistant coaching job for Southern Methodist. 1973-78: Moore coached
at North Texas for five seasons.
1981: Moore started at Texas Tech as the head football coach. Moore coached for five seasons until 1985.Texas Tech Athletics Com-munications | Courtesy Photo
1988: Moore served as an assistant coach and as a recruiting coordinator in Arkansas.
1989: Moore was hired as the head coach for Appala-chian State. He’s coached at Appalachian ever since then.
2005-07: Moore coached the football team to win three consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdi-vision national titles. 2007: Moore also led the
Mountaineers to a 34-32 victory over Michigan. This win was credited to making Appalachian a household name.
2011: Moore won 200 games as a Moutaineer in Sept. 2011, although the number of wins has been steadily increasing since the 2011 season. Information courtesy of goasu.com
‘Moore’ than a legend - a legacy
Appalachian Athletics | Courtesy Photo
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Kidd Brewer Stadium
Club level seating provides a high vantage point for 600 fans to enjoy the game. Inside, fans enjoy private concessions and bathrooms. TVs placed inside are for viewing the game when the weather takes a turn for the worst. Screens placed near the windows provide up-to-date stats from the game. In addition to providing some of the best seats in the house, club level provides office space for several members of the coaching staff.
The Chancellor’s Suite has a ca-pacity between 100-150 guests, while the VIP suites seat 12. The plush leather seats have individ-ual cup holders and contain the Appalachian logo on their backs.
The locker room has 115 private, spacious lockers with a cherry finish. The ladder (L) is placed at the entrance to the locker room.
The ladder rungs feature the names of schools the team will be facing
through out the season. If the game is a win, the plate is turned upside down.
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Kidd Brewer Stadium This photo taken from the press level shows the bird’s eye view the media has access to. The press level has seating for writers, video decks on either side, boxes for coaching staff and TV broadcasting rooms. The press box is cli-mate controlled and catering is provided at halftime.
The Mountaineer Room provides seating for 150 people. Its large projected screen provides an optimal space for watching film. The room is also where the post-game press con-ference takes place. Adjacent to the screen is a sign reading “Champions, what are we willing to give up?”
During the season, football players can be found in the weight room one to four days a week for an hour at a time. The weight room can be used by any of Appalachian’s athletes.
Club level seating provides a high vantage point for 600 fans to enjoy the game. Inside, fans enjoy private concessions and bathrooms. TVs placed inside are for viewing the game when the weather takes a turn for the worst. Screens placed near the windows provide up-to-date stats from the game. In addition to providing some of the best seats in the house, club level provides office space for several members of the coaching staff.
The team’s lounge has two screens on either end of the lounge for video games
and watching television. A pool table is the centerpiece of the room. The back wall of the lounge is lined withpictures of Appalachian