Jerry Moore (American football, born 1939)

Gerald Hundley Moore (born July 18, 1939) is a former American college football coach and player.

Moore captained the 1960 Gator Bowl team that ended the year as the nation's eleventh-ranked squad.

Moore became the 28th head coach in Division I history to reach 200 wins after the Mountaineers defeated the Furman Paladins on October 25, 2008.

[11] On December 2, 2012, after a first round home playoff loss to Illinois State, athletics director Charlie Cobb announced that Moore would not return for the 2013 season.

Appalachian State moved up to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2014 and joined the Sun Belt Conference.

The program saw continued success and the hiring of Doug Gillin as the new athletic director to replace outgoing Cobb.

Coach Moore was inducted into the Appalachian State University Hall of Fame in 2015[16] alongside Armanti Edwards, the quarterback that led his team to 2 of the 3 national championships and a historic win over Michigan in 2007.

In 2018 Moore was awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina's highest honor for service to the state.

[17][18] In 2019 Appalachian State University Direct of Athletics Doug Gillin announced they would be honoring Hall of Fame football coach Jerry Moore with a plaza and statue in his name outside the Kidd Brewer Stadium north end zone facility.

Moore with two Appalachian State players following the 2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game .