Horace Moore

James Horace Moore Jr. (September 16, 1926 – July 30, 2005) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Grundy High School in Grundy County, Tennessee from 1950 to 1954 and at Sewanee: The University of the South from 1978 to 1986 after serving as an assistant there under Shirley Majors from 1955 to 1977. At Sewanee, he compiled a record of 38 wins and 42 losses (38–42).

Playing career Born in Grundy County, Tennessee, Moore played football for the Tennessee Volunteers football team in 1944. His career at Tennessee ended two weeks prior to the 1945 Rose Bowl when he was drafted by the United States Army to serve in World War II. After five years as head coach at Grundy, he was hired by Sewanee in 1955 to serve as line coach. Serving as head coach at Sewanee from 1978 through 1986, Moore captured one outright and a pair of co-championships in the College Athletic Conference en route to compiling an all-time record of 38 wins and 42 losses (38–42). After retiring from Sewanee, he served as a volunteer kicking coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for several years. During his wrestling tenure Moore coached the squad to seven conference team titles and one All-American.

To recognize his accomplishments as a coach, Moore has been inducted to the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame (2004), and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (1993).

Head coaching record College football