- Charles Moir
-
Charles Moir 
Sport(s) Basketball Current position Team Appalachian State Biographical details Place of birth Francisco, North Carolina, U.S.A. Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1963 - 1967
1967 - 1973
1973 - 1976
1976 - 1987Virginia Tech (asst.)
Roanoke
Tulane
Virginia TechHead coaching record Overall 616-238 Accomplishments and honors Championships 1972 Division II National Championship
Metro Tournament Championship (1979)Charles (Charlie) Moir is a former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team from 1976 until his resignation in October, 1987. During his eleven seasons at Tech, Moir compiled a 213-119 record, but was forced to resign after the discovery of severe NCAA violations. Including his time at Tech and coaching stints in high school and at Roanoke College and Tulane University, Moir compiled a career record of 616-238 in his 31 seasons as a high school and college head coach.
Contents
Before Virginia Tech
Moir was a basketball and baseball athlete at Appalachian State University. Following his college career, Moir played Minor League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds organization.[1]
After three years in baseball, Moir moved on to coach high school basketball, coaching for eleven years at Stuart, Virginia, Jefferson, North Carolina, and Mount Airy, North Carolina and finishing with a career record of 224-43.[2]
In 1963, Moir joined the Virginia Tech basketball coaching staff as an assistant. After coaching under Bill Matthews and Howard Shannon for four seasons, Moir moved on to Roanoke College where he compiled a 133-44 record in his six years, winning the NCAA College Division (now called Division II) national championship in 1972.
Moir's first recruit at Roanoke was Frankie Allen, the first African American basketball player in school history, who would eventually follow Moir as the head coach of Virginia Tech and become Virginia Tech's first African American head coach.[3]
Moir left Roanoke for Tulane University in 1973, where he earned a 46-33 record. After three years in New Orleans, he returned to the Hokies and Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech
Main article: Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketballMoir became the head coach in 1976, replacing Don DeVoe, who had moved on to Wyoming. In Moir's first season, the Hokies earned a bid to the NIT, but fell in the second round to #12 Alabama. In Moir's third season as coach, the Hokies, who had been independent since leaving the Southern Conference some 13 years earlier, joined the upstart Metro Conference. Tech stunned tournament favorite #13 Louisville in the conference semi-finals and went on to defeat Florida State for the conference championship.
Following Moir's lone losing season with the Hokies (1986–1987), a report presented by Mike Glazier and Mike Slive detailed 12 NCAA violations in Moir's program. The report found that, "in reviewing the academic records of basketball athletes, it is evident that most are not serious students" and that not a single player who entered Tech from 1981 until 1986 graduated.[4] The most serious were that a player had falsely been given credit for a course he did not take and the wife of another player was given a personal car loan. Moir himself was cleared of any wrongdoing, but was forced to resign.[5] Athletics director and football coach Bill Dooley had been dismissed earlier that year and the school was placed in the unenviable position of having both football and basketball on NCAA probation.[6]
During his time at Tech, Moir led the Hokies to four NCAA tournament appearances and four NIT appearances. With a record of 213-119, Moir remains Tech's winningest basketball coach of all time and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Hall of Fame in 2006.
Personal
Moir's son, Page Moir, is currently the head basketball coach at Roanoke College.[7]
Head coaching record
NCAA College Division/NCAA Division 1
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Roanoke Maroons (Mason Dixon) (1967–1973) 1967-1968 Roanoke 22-8 11-3 1st NCAA Semifinals 1968-1969 Roanoke 17-10 12-2 1969-1970 Roanoke 20-8 8-6 1970-1971 Roanoke 23-8 12-1 NCAA Semifinals 1971-1972 Roanoke 28-4 9-2 NCAA College Division National Championship 1972-1973 Roanoke 23-6 10-2 NCAA Quarterfinal Roanoke: 133-44 62-16 Tulane Green Wave (Independent) (1973–1976) 1973-1974 Tulane 12-14 Ind. 1974-1975 Tulane 16-10 Ind. 1975-1976 Tulane 18-9 Ind. Tulane: 46-33 Virginia Tech Hokies (1976-1978 Independent 1978-1987 Metro Conference) (1976–1987) 1976-1977 Virginia Tech 19-10 Ind. NIT Quarterfinals 1977-1978 Virginia Tech 19-8 Ind. 1978-1979 Virginia Tech 22-9 4-6 T-4th Metro NCAA 2nd Round 1979-1980 Virginia Tech 21-8 8-4 2nd Metro NCAA 2nd Round 1980-1981 Virginia Tech 15-13 6-6 T-3rd Metro 1981-1982 Virginia Tech 20-11 7-5 4th Metro NIT 3rd Place 1982-1983 Virginia Tech 23-11 7-5 T-2nd metro NIT 2nd Place 1983-1984 Virginia Tech 22-13 8-6 4th Metro NIT Semifinals 1984-1985 Virginia Tech 20-9 10-4 2nd Metro NCAA 1st Round 1985-1986 Virginia Tech 22-9 7-5 3rd Metro NCAA 1st Round 1986-1987 Virginia Tech 10-18 5-7 T-5th Metro Virginia Tech: 213-119 62-48 Total: 392-196 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
- ^ "Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2000". http://www.vshfm.com/hall/induct_moir.html.
- ^ Strother, Warren H. and Wallenstein, Peter. From VPI to State University: President T. Marshall Hahn Jr. and the Transformation of Virginia Tech 1962 - 1974. Mercer University Press. pp. 138. ISBN 0865547874.
- ^ Berrier, Ralph. "Being a First was Secondary to Being a Star". Roanoke Times. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/timeline/frankie_allen.htm.
- ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE; 'NOT SERIOUS STUDENTS'". New York Times. 1987-07-03. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DD133DF930A35754C0A961948260. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ Stewart, Will (2005-08-22). "The Year of Our Discontent: Conclusion". techsideline.com. http://www.techsideline.com/news_archive/showArticle-1470.php. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ Associated Press (1987-10-27). "Virginia Tech Hit by Sanctions". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DF1638F934A15753C1A961948260. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ "Head Coach - Page Moir". Roanoke.edu. http://www.roanoke.edu/athletics/mbball/moir.cfm?sport_code=mbball&acad_year=2008-2009. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
External links
- Allen Replaces Moir
- Moir to resign
- Moir named to Tech hall of fame
- Page Moir bio
- Virginia Sports hall of fame
Tulane Green Wave men's basketball head coaches Silas Hickey (1905–1906) • Coach unknown (1906–1911) • No team (1911–1912) • Appleton A. Mason (1912–1913) • Carl Hanson (1913–1914) • Edwin Sweetland (1914–1915) • Clark Shaughnessy (1915–1918) • M. A. Moenck (1918–1920) • Claude Simons, Sr. (1920–1928) • Bernie Bierman (1928–1930) • Claude Simons, Sr. (1930–1931) • George E. Rody (1931–1933) • Ray G. Dauber (1933–1938) • Claude Simons, Jr. (1938–1942) • Vernon Haynes (1942–1945) • Clifford Wells (1945–1963) • Ted Lenhardt (1963–1964) • Ralph Pedersen (1964–1971) • Dick Longo (1971–1973) • Charles Moir (1973–1976) • Roy Danforth (1976–1981) • Ned Fowler (1981–1985) • No team (1985–1989) • Perry Clark (1989–2000) • Shawn Finney (2000–2005) • Dave Dickerson (2005–2010) • Ed Conroy (2010– )
Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball head coaches R. M. Brown (1908–1909) • Branch Bocock (1909–1911) • L. N. Keesling (1911–1912) • Houston Hughes (1912–1913) • Branch Bocock (1913–1916) • Harlan Sanborn (1916–1917) • Charles Bernier (1917–1920) • Monk Younger (1920–1923) • B. C. Cubbage (1923–1924) • M. Buford Blair (1924–1926) • Henry Redd (1926–1927) • Bud Moore (1927–1928) • I. E. Randall (1928–1929) • R. S. Warren (1929–1930) • C. D. Rhodes (1930–1931) • George Proctor (1931–1932) • Monk Younger (1932–1937) • Herbert McEver (1937–1944) • George Proctor (1944–1947) • Red Laird (1947–1955) • Chuck Noe (1955–1962) • William Matthews (1962–1964) • Howard Shannon (1964–1971) • Don DeVoe (1971–1976) • Charles Moir (1976–1987) • Frankie Allen (1987–1991) • Bill Foster (1991–1997) • Bobby Hussey (1997–1999) • Ricky Stokes (1999–2003) • Seth Greenberg (2003– )
Categories:- Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Living people
- Tulane Green Wave men's basketball coaches
- Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball coaches
- Roanoke Maroons men's basketball coaches
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
