Bernie Moore

Bernie Moore

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, track & field
Biographical details
Born	(1895-04-30)April 30, 1895 Jonesborough, Tennessee
Died	Winchester, Tennessee
Playing career
Football
1910s	Carson–Newman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1928	Mercer
1929–1934	LSU (assistant)
1935–1947	LSU
Basketball
1926–1928	Mercer
Track & field
1930–1947	LSU
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1948–1966	SEC (commissioner)
Head coaching record
Overall	95–51–9 (football) 24–11 (basketball)
Bowls	1–3–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 SEC (1935–1936)
Awards
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1966) Corbett Award (1967)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1952 (profile)

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 (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 inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1952.

Moore was the son of a Baptist minister and graduated from Carson–Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee.

In addition to two Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships in football won at LSU, his track and field teams won twelve SEC titles and the national championship in 1933. LSU's Bernie Moore Track Stadium is named in his honor.

After ending his tenure at LSU, the longest of any coach at the university to that point, Moore became SEC Commissioner in 1948. In 1967, he won the inaugural James J. Corbett Memorial Award given by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. His last residence was the Henderson Clark-Moore House in Winchester, Tennessee.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP#
Mercer Bears (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1926–1928)
1926	Mercer	4–3–2
1927	Mercer	5–4
1928	Mercer	3–5–1
Mercer:		12–12–3
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1935–1947)
1935	LSU	9–2	5–0	1st	L Sugar
1936	LSU	9–1–1	6–0	1st	L Sugar	2
1937	LSU	9–2	5–1	2nd	L Sugar	8
1938	LSU	6–4	2–4	10th
1939	LSU	4–5	1–5	10th
1940	LSU	6–4	3–3	6th
1941	LSU	4–4–2	2–2–2	7th
1942	LSU	7–3	3–2	6th
1943	LSU	6–3	2–2	2nd	W Orange
1944	LSU	2–5–1	2–3–1	6th
1945	LSU	7–2	5–2	3rd		15
1946	LSU	9–1–1	5–1	3rd	T Cotton	8
1947	LSU	5–3–1	2–3–1	8th
LSU:		83–39–6	43–28–4
Total:		95–51–9
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final AP Poll.

External links

• Bernie Moore at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Bernie Moore at the College Football Data Warehouse