Biographical details | |
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Born | Jonesborough, Tennessee, U.S. | April 30, 1895
Died | November 6, 1967 Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 72)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1910s | Carson–Newman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1923–1925 | Sewanee (line) |
1926–1928 | Mercer |
1929–1934 | LSU (assistant) |
1935–1947 | LSU |
Basketball | |
1926–1928 | Mercer |
Track and field | |
1930–1947 | LSU |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1926–1928 | Mercer |
1948–1966 | SEC (commissioner) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 95–51–9 (football) 24–11 (basketball) |
Bowls | 1–3–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 2× SEC (1935, 1936) | |
Awards | |
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1966) Corbett Award (1967) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1952 (profile) |
Bernie Hawthorne Moore (April 30, 1895 – November 6, 1967) was an American college football, basketball, track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Mercer University (1926–1928) and Louisiana State University (LSU) (1935–1947). Moore was also the head basketball coach at Mercer (1926–1928) and the head track and field coach at LSU (1930–1947). He was then SEC commissioner from 1948 to 1966. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1952.