Bernie Moore
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track & field |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 30, 1895 Jonesborough, Tennessee |
| Died | November 6, 1967 (aged 72) Winchester, Tennessee |
| 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 & 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) |
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| Awards | |
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Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1966) Corbett Award (1967) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1952 (profile) |
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Bernie H. 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.
Moore was the youngest of 14 children, the son of a Baptist minister. He graduated from Carson–Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, where he played football and baseball.
Moore coached football, baseball, basketball, and track at Winchester and Lagrange high schools, and Allen Military Academy, before receiving the position of line coach for Sewanee.
Moore coached the Mercer Bears from 1926 to 1928. Phoney Smith, Mercer's all-time leading scorer, was the first southern player to cross the goal line against the 1927 "dream and wonder" team of Georgia on a 95-yard kickoff return. Later Georgia coach Wally Butts was also one of Moore's players at Mercer.
Moore came to Louisiana State University in 1929 as an assistant coach for Russ Cohen's LSU Tigers football team. He became the coach of the LSU Tigers track and field team in 1930. His 1933 track team won the national championship.
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