RALEIGH, N.C. ? Appalachian State University football head coach Jerry Moore is one of six honorees that has been selected for induction into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame this year, the organization announced on Tuesday. The Class of 2009, which includes Moore, former NC State football standout and North Carolina A&T director of athletics Willie Burden, North Carolina women’s basketball head coach Sylvia Hatchell, former East Carolina, Wake Forest and South Carolina men’s basketball head coach Dave Odom, Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford and professional golfer Roger Watson will be enshrined on May 14 in Raleigh.
The winningest football coach in ASU and Southern Conference history, Moore is 178-73 in 20 seasons at Appalachian and 205-121-2 in 27 years as a head coach, which includes stints at North Texas (1979-80) and Texas Tech (1981-85). He is one of only four active NCAA Division I FCS head coaches with 200 career victories and 23rd among all NCAA Division I coaches (FCS or FBS) in all-time victories.
Moore led the Mountaineers to three-consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS ? formerly Division I-AA) national titles from 2005-07. He also led the Apps to their fourth-straight SoCon title in 2008 with a perfect 8-0 conference record, marking just the fourth time in the 88-year history of the venerable league that a program has won four championships in a row.
The Bonham, Texas native is a three-time American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007) and the only Division I (FCS or FBS) mentor in the 74-year history of the award to win it three years in a row. He also won the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award (National Coach of the Year) from The Sports Network, is a five-time AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008) and record six-time SoCon Coach of the Year (1991, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008).
Established in 1963, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is located on the third floor of the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh. The 46th-annual induction banquet is set for May 14 at the North Raleigh Hilton. For ticket information, visit www.ncshof.org or call (919) 845-3455.