Horace Moore | |
Birth Date: | 16 September 1926 |
Birth Place: | Grundy County, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1944 |
Player Team2: | Tennessee |
Player Years3: | 1948–1949 |
Player Team3: | Tennessee Tech |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1950–1954 |
Coach Team2: | Grundy HS (TN) |
Coach Years3: | 1955–1977 |
Coach Team3: | Sewanee (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1978–1986 |
Coach Team4: | Sewanee |
Coach Years5: | ? |
Coach Team5: | Chattanooga (assistant) |
Coach Sport6: | Golf |
Coach Years7: | ? |
Coach Team7: | Sewanee |
Coach Sport8: | Tennis |
Coach Years9: | ? |
Coach Team9: | Sewanee |
Coach Sport10: | Wrestling |
Coach Years11: | 1956–1978 |
Coach Team11: | Sewanee |
Overall Record: | 38–42 (college football) 101–78–2 (college wrestling) |
Championships: | Football 3 CAC (1978–1979, 1982) |
James Horace Moore Jr. (September 16, 1926 – July 30, 2005) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Grundy High School in Grundy County, Tennessee from 1950 to 1954 and at from 1978 to 1986 after serving as an assistant there under Shirley Majors from 1955 to 1977. At Sewanee, he compiled a record of 38 wins and 42 losses (38–42).
Born in Grundy County, Tennessee, Moore played football for the Tennessee Volunteers football team in 1944.[1] His career at Tennessee ended two weeks prior to the 1945 Rose Bowl when he was drafted by the United States Army to serve in World War II. Upon his return, Moore finished out his playing career at Tennessee Technological University where he lettered on the football team in 1948 and 1949 before graduating in 1950.
After graduating from Tennessee Tech, Moore returned home to Grundy County where he became head coach of Grundy High School in Tracy City in 1950.[2] After five years as head coach at Grundy, he was hired by Sewanee in 1955 to serve as line coach. At Sewanee Moore served as line coach through the 1977 season. After Shirley Majors retired as head coach, in January 1978 Moore was named head coach of the Tigers.[3] Serving as head coach at Sewanee from 1978 through 1986, Moore captured one outright and a pair of co-championships in the College Athletic Conference en route to compiling an all-time record of 38 wins and 42 losses (38–42).[4] After retiring from Sewanee, he served as a volunteer kicking coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for several years.
At Sewanee, Moore also served as golf, tennis and wrestling head coach. His tenure as wrestling head coach was notable for his 101–78–2 record between 1956 and 1978.[5] During his wrestling tenure Moore coached the squad to seven conference team titles and one All-American.
To recognize his accomplishments as a coach, Moore has been inducted to the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame (2004), and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (1993).