Leroy Moore (coach) explained

Leroy Moore
Birth Date:4 October 1923
Birth Place:Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:Langston
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:c. 1947
Player Team4:Langston
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Team2:Douglass HS (OK) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1953–1956
Coach Team3:Arkansas AM&N
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1953–1956
Coach Team5:Arkansas AM&N
Coach Years6:1956–1963
Coach Team6:Prairie View
Coach Years7:1964–1969
Coach Team7:Prairie View
Coach Sport8:Track and field
Coach Years9:c. 1950
Coach Team9:Douglass HS (OK)
Coach Years10:c. 1960
Coach Team10:Prairie View
Overall Record:9–26–5 (college football)

Leroy G. Moore Jr. (October 4, 1923 – January 15, 2012) was an American college football, college basketball, and track and field coach and university professor and administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College Arkansas (AM&N)—now known as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—from 1953 to 1956, compiling a record of 9–26–5.

Moore was born on October 23, 1923, in Muskogee, Oklahoma.[1] He attended public school in Langston, Oklahoma and then played football and basketball at Langston University on teams coached by Caesar Felton Gayles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Langston and received a Master of Arts in physical education from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley—now known as University of Northern Colorado. He was an assistant football coach and head track coach at Douglass High School in Oklahoma City. Moore was hired as the head football coach at AM&N in 1953, succeeding Roland K. Bernard.[2] He was also the head basketball coach at Arkansas AM&N before resigning in 1956 to take the same post at Prairie View A&M College of Texas—now known as Prairie View A&M University.[3] At Prairie View, he also coached the track team and was an assistant professor in the department of physical education. He received a Doctor of Education degree from Colorado State—Greeley in 1968.[4] Moore stepped down as basketball coach at Prairie View in 1969 to return to Arkansas AM&N as dean of students.[5]

Moore died on January 15, 2012.[1]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Dr. Leroy Moore Jr. . . . January 20, 2012 . September 15, 2024 . .
  2. News: . Head Football Coach at AM&N . . . August 21, 1953 . 11 . September 15, 2024 . .
  3. News: . Arkansas coach to Prairie View post . . . . November 17, 1956 . 17 . September 15, 2024 . .
  4. News: . Dr. Leroy G. Moore . Langston University Gazette . . July 1, 1968 . 11 . September 15, 2024 . .
  5. News: . Lindsay Moves To Prairie View . . . . March 19, 1969 . 29 . September 15, 2024 . .