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Jerry Moore in the running for 2006 coach-of-the-year award |
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
by DREW STEWART
Intern Sports Reporter
Behind University of Pittsburgh head coach Dave Wannstedt and above University of Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis, Appalachian State University head coach Jerry Moore is ranked No. 17 in the latest Coach-of-the-Year poll.
Liberty Mutual urges fans to visit www.coachoftheyear.com to cast their
vote to see who will be named Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year.
Moore is ranked No. 2 on the Division I-AA listings, just behind David Bennett of Coastal Carolina University.
Moore did not even know he was in the running for coach of the year. He
said he is focused on Western Carolina University, Appalachian’s next
opponent.
“I never pay attention to stuff like that,” he said.
Moore has been at Appalachian for 18 years, and has the most wins in Southern Conference history.
Junior ASU running back Kevin Richardson said Moore is one of the
greatest people anyone can meet. Richardson said not only has Moore
made them better as football players, but he has also helped them out
as human beings.
“He is like a father figure,” Richardson said. “He keeps us out of
trouble, he gives us some wisdom about stuff that he has been in so
that we won’t be in that same trouble.”
On Facebook.com, there are groups with hundreds of members dedicated to electing Moore coach of the year.
He was also named American Football Coaches Association National Coach
of the Year in 2005 for guiding the Mountaineers to their first ever
National Championship.
“We all know that Jerry Moore is a great coach but, on the national
scale, being coach of the year would be huge,” he said. “Watch the
games, look how good he is, see how well he is at making decisions.”
Moore has put much time and effort into Appalachian football.
Prior to the 2005 season, he went to the University of Virginia to
watch the Atlantic Coast Conference team practice for almost a week.
Moore and his coaching staff have also visited the facilities and talked football with the coaches of the University of Iowa.
Moore said he and his coaches, “got to pick the brain apart” of now
Miami Dolphins head coach Nick Saban when he visited ASU as a coach of
Louisiana State University.
Moore said visiting and talking with these coaches greatly influenced Appalachian football.
“When I got back from Virginia we completely reworked the way we practice,” he said.
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