Mike Moore (American football coach)

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Mike Moore
Playing career
1987–1988Dodge City CC
1990Kansas State
Position(s)Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995McPherson HS (KS) (DB/ST)
1996Nebraska–Omaha (LB)
1997–1999Bethel (KS) (DC)
1999–2009Bethel (KS)
2016–?Newton HS (KS) (AHC/DC)
Head coaching record
Overall47–51
Tournaments0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 KCAC (2006–2007)
Awards
KCAC Coach of the Year (2000, 2006)

Mike Moore is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas from 1999 to 2009, compiling a record of 47–51.[1]

Moore played junior college football at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kansas and college football at Kansas State University, lettering for the Wildcats in 1990. He began his coaching career as an assistant McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas and spent a year as an assistant at the University of Nebraska Omaha before he was hired in 1997 at Bethel as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. Moore was appointed Bethel's interim head coach after George Papageorgiou resigned during the 1999 season.[2]

Moore was twice named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Coach of the Year, in 2000 and 2006. He led the Bethel Threshers to the program's first NAIA Football National Championship berth in 2006. In 2016, Moore was hired as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Newton High School in Newton, Kansas to assist head coach Chris Jaax.[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs NAIA#
Bethel Threshers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1999–2009)
1999 Bethel 1–1[n 1] 0–1[n 1] T–7th
2000 Bethel 8–2 7–2 2nd 22
2001 Bethel 1–9 1–8 T–9th
2002 Bethel 1–8 1–8 9th
2000 Bethel 4–5 4–5 T–6th
2004 Bethel 4–5 4–5 T–6th
2005 Bethel 3–7 2–7 T–8th
2006 Bethel 9–2 8–1 T–1st L NAIA First Round 15
2007 Bethel 8–1 8–1 T–1st 17
2008 Bethel 6–4 5–4 T–4th
2009 Bethel 3–7 3–6 T–6th
Bethel: 47–51 44–48
Total: 47–51

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b George Papageorgiou served as head coach for the first eight games of the 1998 before resigning on November 3. Moore was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Bethel finished the year with an overall record of 3–7 and conference mark of 2–6.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bethel College Coaching Results". Bethel College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Davidson, Bob (November 12, 1999). "Bethel coach resigns". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. p. C5. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Frey, Chad (August 9, 2016). "Former Bethel coach joins NHS staff". The Newton Kansan. Newton, Kansas. p. C5. Retrieved January 13, 2020.