Sonny Moran | |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1926 |
Birth Place: | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Gulf Shores, Alabama, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1946–1950 |
Player Team1: | Morris Harvey |
Coach Years1: | 1957–1965 |
Coach Team1: | Morris Harvey |
Coach Years2: | 1965–1969 |
Coach Team2: | West Virginia (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1969–1974 |
Coach Team3: | West Virginia |
Admin Years1: | 1974–1987 |
Admin Team1: | Morehead State |
Admin Years2: | 1987–1982 |
Admin Team2: | GSC (commissioner) |
Overall Record: | 184–154 |
Garland E. "Sonny" Moran (June 29, 1926 – December 18, 2016) was an American college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head men's baseball coach at Morris Harvey College—now the University of Charleston—from 1957 to 1965 and West Virginia University from 1969 to 1974.
Moran played college basketball at Morris Harvey, where he was a four-year starter from 1946 to 1950. He returned to MHC as head coach on 1957, where he compiled a 147–76 record.[1] He then moved to West Virginia as an assistant, moving into the head coaching position in 1969 when Bucky Waters moved to Duke University. In five seasons with the Mountaineers, Moran led the team to a 57–68 record. He left to become athletic director at Morehead State University, where he stayed for fourteen seasons. He then was commissioner of the Gulf South Conference until his retirement in 1992.[2]
Moran died in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on December 18, 2016, at age 90.[3]