Former Alabama football player and coach Bud Moore has died at 86
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Former Alabama football player and coach Robert Wayne “Bud” Moore died Monday at age 86 on his farm in Lynnville, Tenn.
Moore was a three-year letterman during legendary Crimson Tide coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant’s first three seasons at UA, from 1958-1960. He also earned two letters as a first baseman and catcher on the UA baseball team.
His college coaching career began at age 22 as an offensive line coach at Kentucky. He went on to coach under former UA coach Gene Stallings at Texas A&M, then at North Carolina, before Bryant hired him as an offensive assistant in 1972. In three years on Bryant’s staff, Moore was part of three SEC championship teams and the 1973 national championship. He recruited the Birmingham area for Bryant and served as offensive coordinator in 1974.
Moore was head coach at the University of Kansas from 1975-1978. In his first season, the Jayhawks trounced Oklahoma, which went on to win the national title, to snap a 37-game unbeaten streak by the Sooners.
After his coaching career, Moore moved to Pensacola, Fla., and oversaw a highly successful Miller beer distributorship. He also was active in fundraising efforts for UA athletics and was an advisor to UA administrators on athletic matters. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
Born in Jasper, Ala., in 1939, Moore attended West End High School in Birmingham.
A service is scheduled for Friday, February 6 at Corinth Church Of Christ, 65-93 CR-15 (Country Road 15) Bremen, AL 35033, with visitation in the chapel at 1 p.m. and a service at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the Crimson Tide Foundation in Moore’s honor.Reach Tuscaloosa News columnist Chase Goodbread at cgoodbread@gannett.com. Follow on X @chasegoodbread.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Former Alabama football player and coach Bud Moore has died at 86
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