William M. Moore | |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1926 |
Birth Place: | Cleveland, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Farmington, Connecticut, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1951–1952 |
Coach Team2: | Shepherd |
Coach Years3: | 1959–1961 |
Coach Team3: | Central Connecticut |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1951–1953 |
Coach Team5: | Shepherd |
Coach Years6: | 1953–1959 |
Coach Team6: | Central Connecticut |
Admin Years1: | 1951–1953 |
Admin Team1: | Shepherd |
Admin Years2: | 1962–1982 |
Admin Team2: | Central Connecticut |
Admin Years3: | 1983–1993 |
Admin Team3: | Albany |
Admin Years4: | 1994–? |
Admin Team4: | NECC (commissioner) |
Admin Years5: | ?–2008 |
Admin Team5: | LEC (commissioner) |
Overall Record: | 17–23–2 (football) 92–70 (basketball) |
William Milton Moore (May 19, 1926 – December 22, 2013) was an American football coach, basketball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Shepherd College from 1951 to 1952 and at Central Connecticut State University from 1959 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 17–23–2. Moore was also the head basketball coach at Shepherd from 1951 to 1953 and at Central Connecticut State from 1953 to 1959, tallying a career college basketball mark of 92–70. He was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
Moore graduated from Bradley Central High School in Cleveland, Tennessee in 1944. He earned a Bachelor of Science in health and physical education from Tennessee Technological University in 1944, a Master of Science in physical education from the University of Tennessee in 1949, and a Ph.D. in physical education from the University of Michigan in 1954. Moore died on December 22, 2013, at the age of 87.[1] [2]