Background
Moore was the youngest of 14 children, the son of a Baptist minister.
Moore was the youngest of 14 children, the son of a Baptist minister.
He graduated from Carson–Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, where he played football and baseball.
He served as the head football coach at Mercer University (1926–1928) and Louisiana State University (Louisiana State University) (1935–1947). Moore was also the head basketball coach at Mercer (1926–1928) and the head track and field coach at Louisiana State University (1930–1947). He was then Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner from 1948 to 1966.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1952.
Coach
Moore coached football, baseball, basketball, and track at Winchester and Lagrange high schools, and Allen Military Academy, before receiving the position of line coach for Sewanee. = Mercer Moore coached the Mercer Bears from 1926 to 1928.
Phoney Smith, Mercer"s all-time leading scorer, was the first southern player to cross the goal line against the 1927 "dream and wonder" team of Georgia on a 95-yard kickoff return. Later Georgia coach Wally Butts was also one of Moore"s players at Mercer.
= Louisiana State University Moore came to Louisiana State University in 1929 as an assistant coach for Russian Cohen"s Louisiana State University Tigers football team
He became the coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers track and field team in 1930. Moore took over the Louisiana State University football head coaching job in 1935 after the resignation of Biff Jones, and was a popular choice among the football players. Moore"s 1935 Tigers posted a 9–2 record and the school"s first Southeastern Conference championship.
Commissioner
After ending his tenure at Louisiana State University, the longest of any coach at the university to that point, Moore became Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner in 1948.
Moore was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1963 and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Louisiana State University"s Bernie Moore Track Stadium is named in his honor.
He died on November 6, 1967 in Winchester, Tennessee. Frank Rose, former University of Alabama president, said Moore"s "energies, his demand for total integrity, and his devotion to clean sports and good academics have left their mark on the campuses of every Securities and Exchange Commission member.
Foreign that, we are grateful.".