Monte Moore

Ernest Merrill "Monte" Moore (December 9, 1891 – February 6, 1949) was an American athlete, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Bates College from 1938 to 1949.

Early life Moore was born in Randolph, Maine on December 9, 1891, to Walter E. and Rita G (Merrill) Moore. In 1918, he married Ruth Frost of Bangor, Maine. They had two daughters. He then spent 17 years as athletic director and football and baseball coach at the Huntington School in Boston. From 1935 to 1938, he was the athletic director at the Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy. During World War II, coached baseball, basketball, and football teams, which consisted of students from the V-12 Navy College Training Program.

Moore underwent surgery on January 13, 1949. He did not recover and died on February 6, 1949, at the Central Maine General Hospital.