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LIVINGSTON,
Ala. – The University of West Alabama Athletic Department has set its
annual Kick Off Banquet for Monday, August 17, 2009, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in
the Bell Conference Center on the UWA campus. University of Alabama Director of
Athletics Mal Moore will be the featured speaker at the event. Tickets are
available for $50 and can be purchased by calling the UWA Athletic Department at
205-652-3784 or 205-652-3652.
A variety of sports memorabilia will also
be on hand for individuals to bid on through a silent auction.
Moore is in his 10th year as Director of
Athletics at Alabama, and has been associated with Crimson Tide athletics since
1958 when he joined legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s squad as a
scholarship player. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1962 and a
master’s in secondary education in 1963 from UA. Moore has the distinction of
earning seven national championship rings during his career as a player and
coach, the first as a member of the Crimson Tide’s 1961 national championship
team. He is the only individual connected with Alabama coaching staffs, both
past and present, to be a part of seven national championships (1961, 1964,
1965, 1973, 1978, 1979 and 1992).
After coaching stops at Montana State,
Notre Dame and the National Football League’s St. Louis and Phoenix Cardinals,
Moore returned to Alabama and was named assistant athletic director in 1993 and
associate athletic director for external affairs in 1994. He was named director
of athletics in November, 1999. UA’s athletic team’s have excelled in
competition under Moore and he also directed a $125 million facilities campaign
that revitalized the Crimson Tide’s athletic facilities.
The Tigers open the 2009 football season on Thursday, August
27, against Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. |
