Mal Moore Steps Down as Alabama AD
After being hospitalized for the last week with irregular heart beat/health concerns Coach Mal Moore will be stepping down as athletics director. The University of Alabama announced today that effective March 20, 2013, Moore will become the special assistant to President Judy Moore.
“Mal Moore is Crimson Tide sports,” said Bonner. “During his tenure as athletics director, our student athletes have experienced unprecedented success in every aspect of their careers at UA, on the field of play and in the classroom. His contributions to UA athletics on every level are unsurpassed. And, while he will no longer be in charge of day-to-day operations, I am so pleased that we will continue to be able to rely on his wisdom and expertise going forward.”
“As many of you may know, due to factors related to my health, I am at a point that I can no longer fulfill my duties as athletics director in the true championship manner the position requires,” said Moore. “While I have to focus on my health issue, I look forward to maintaining an ongoing working relationship with this great University as special assistant to Dr. Bonner. I know I can count on each of you to continue your unequaled support for me and The University of Alabama.
“I cannot adequately express what the University means to me. It has been a part of my life for more than 50 years, and I feel honored to have served the Crimson Tide as a player, coach and administrator. I am so appreciative of the University administration, coaches, staff, student-athletes and fans who have made my tenure as director so very meaningful, memorable and special.”
Moore has been the Athletics Director for the the Crimson Tide since November 23, 1999. During his tenure as athletic director, Alabama has won three national championships in football (2009, 2011, 2012) and three in women’s gymnastics (2002, 2011, 2012), as well as national championships in women’s golf and softball (both in 2012). Prior to being the AD, Moore spent 30 years
Moore was a football player under legendary Crimson Tide head coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant from 1958-6, graduating in 1963 and earning a masters degree in 1964. He went on to serve as an assistant football coach on Bryant’s staff. Moore has the distinction of being a part of 10 national championship football teams as a player (3), coach and athletics director (7).
Moore began his coaching career as a secondary coach, and then moved to coach quarterbacks in 1970. He remained on Alabama’s staff until Bryant retired in 1982. He then joined Gerry Faust’s staff at Notre Dame as an assistant coach. Moore returned to the University of Alabama in 1990 as quarterbacks coach under Gene Stallings.
In 2011, he was elected to the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a coach and an administrator. After the completion of the 2011-12 academic and athletic seasons, Moore was named the winner of the John L. Toner Award, given by the National Football Foundation and the Hall of Fame to the nation’s best athletics director.
Moore’s successor as athletics director will be named as quickly as possible.
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