Frank O'Rear Moseley (April 22, 1911 – July 31, 1979) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach,

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regi ...

from 1951 to 1960, compiling a record of 54–42–4. His best season at Virginia Tech came in 1954, when his team went 8–0–1. Moselely was also the head baseball coach at the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

(1939–1941, 1946, 1948–1950), tallying a mark of 60–55–1. In addition, he served as the

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...

at Virginia Tech from 1951 to 1978, during which time he hired

Jerry Claiborne Jerry David Claiborne (August 26, 1928 – September 24, 2000) was an American college football player and coach. He was the head football coach at Virginia Tech (1961–1970), the University of Maryland, College Park (1972–1981), and his alma m ...

, his successor as head football coach. Moseley was born in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...

and died on July 31, 1979. In 1979, Moseley was inducted into the

Virginia Sports Hall of Fame The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame honors athletes, coaches, administrators, journalists and other contributors to athletics. Many of the more than 350 inductees since 1972 were born in Virginia or enjoyed success in college, professional, amateur or ...

. He was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame as an inaugural member in 1982.

Head coaching record

Football

References

External links

Virginia Sports Hall of Fame profile
* 1911 births 1979 deaths American football halfbacks Alabama Crimson Tide football players Kentucky Wildcats baseball coaches Kentucky Wildcats football coaches Maryland Terrapins football coaches Virginia Tech Hokies athletic directors Virginia Tech Hokies football coaches Players of American football from Montgomery, Alabama Sportspeople from Montgomery, Alabama {{1950s-collegefootball-coach-stub