Matt Moore

The Moore File

Coaching: 29th season, 1st at Tech
Hometown: Canton, Georgia
High School: Cherokee
College: Valdosta State (1996)
Playing Exp: Valdosta State (1991-94)
Family: Wife – Kelly; Daughters - Tanner, Reece, Sutton

Coaching History

2025-present	Virginia Tech	Offensive Line
2020-24	West Virginia	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
2019	West Virginia	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
2018	Troy	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
2015-17	Troy	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
2013-14	Louisiana Tech	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
2012	Middle Tennessee	Offensive Line
2007-11	Texas Tech	Offensive Line
2006	Troy	Offensive Line
2005	North Gwinnett HS (Ga.)	Head Coach
1999-04	Hoover HS (Ala.)	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
1997-98	Pickens HS (Ga.)	Head Coach

BOWL GAMES COACHED (13)

2024	Frisco Bowl	West Virginia
2023	Duke's Mayo Bowl	West Virginia
2021	Guaranteed Rate Bowl	West Virginia
2020	Liberty Bowl	West Virginia
2018	Dollar General Bowl	Troy
2017	New Orleans Bowl	Troy
2016	Dollar General Bowl	Troy
2014	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Louisiana Tech
2011	Ticket City Bowl	Texas Tech
2010	Alamo Bowl	Texas Tech
2009	Cotton Bowl	Texas Tech
2008	Gator Bowl	Texas Tech
2006	New Orleans Bowl	Troy

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS

• Moore’s career has spanned nearly three decades and includes stops at West Virginia, Troy, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, and Texas Tech. He was a Broyles Award nominee in 2023 for the top assistant coach in the country.
• Since 2015, Moore has mentored 17 all-conference players. During his career, he has coached in 13 bowl games and been a part of 11 teams who have won at least eight games, including four, 10-win seasons.
• Moore spent six seasons at West Virginia (2019-24) as the offensive line coach and served as assistant head coach since 2020. While in Morgantown, Moore tutored offensive tackle Wyatt Milum, a 2024 consensus All-American, along with offensive tackle Zach Frazier, a two-time All-American (2021 & 2023) and Colton McKivitz who earned 2019 All-American honors.
• During the 2024 season, the Mountaineers were 27th in the FBS in rushing yards per game (192.7) through the regular season. The Mountaineers tallied 88 rushed of 10-plus yards, ranking in the top-10 nationally.
• In 2023, WVU’s offensive line helped the Mountaineer offense lead power conference teams in rushing yards (2,976). In Big 12 games, WVU was the only school to finish with more than 2,000 rushing yards (2,211). The Mountaineers also led the league in rushing yards per game (245.7). 
• Moore joined the WVU staff in 2019 after serving as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for four years at Troy (2015-18). The 2017 squad finished 11-2, won the Sun Belt Conference Championship and had a signature win at No. 22 LSU, snapping the Tigers’ 49-game nonconference home winning streak.
• Four Trojan offensive linemen earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors, including left tackle Antonio Garcia, the highest selected offensive lineman in conference history, No. 85 overall in the NFL draft by the New England Patriots.
• Moore spent two years as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Louisiana Tech. In 2014, the Bulldogs won the Conference USA Western Division Championship and earned a trip to the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Moore also spent time at Middle Tennessee (OL/2012), and Texas Tech (OL/2007-11).
• Moore’s career began as the head coach and running backs coach at Pickens High in Jasper, Georgia, from 1997-98, before spending the next six years as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at perennial powerhouse Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama where he helped lead the Buccaneers to three consecutive Class 6A state titles. Moore also served as head coach at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia
  
  PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS
• Moore played at Valdosta State, starting 34 games at left guard from 1991-94.
• He earned All-Gulf South Conference First-Team honors as a senior. He graduated from Valdosta State in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education.
  
  PROMINENT NFL PUPILS
  
  

  OT	Colton McKivitz	Drafted-2020 - San Francisco 49'ers
  C	Zach Frazier	Drafted-2024 - Pittsburgh Steelers