Washington State Anticipated to Rent Missouri OC Kirby Moore as Head Coach

Washington State is hiring Missouri offensive coordinator Kirby Moore as its subsequent head coach, a particular person concerned within the negotiations advised The Athletic.

Moore, 35, has spent the final three years at Missouri. A local of Prosser, Wash., Moore is the youthful brother of New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore.

At Washington State, he replaces Jimmy Rogers, who left for the Iowa State job after one season. The Cougars are 6-6 this yr, with one-score losses to Ole Miss, Virginia and James Madison all on the highway, and a bowl sport nonetheless to play.

Like his older brother, Kirby Moore performed for his or her father, Tom, at Prosser Excessive College after which moved on to Boise State. He was a large receiver for the Broncos from 2009-13, crossing over with Kellen for 2 seasons. The youthful Moore instantly moved into teaching after taking part in. He spent 2017-22 at Fresno State, working underneath Jeff Tedford and Kalen DeBoer. After profitable the Mountain West in 2022 as offensive coordinator underneath Tedford, Moore moved to Missouri.

Since Moore arrived at Missouri, the Tigers are 29-9, together with an 11-win season in 2023 with a Cotton Bowl victory and a 10-3 season final yr. This yr’s group is 8-4, partly on account of quarterback Beau Pribula lacking a month of the season with an ankle harm. However the Tigers had been No. 1 in dashing within the SEC and fourth in third-down offense.

Moore inherits a Washington State program carrying the newly rebuilt Pac-12, which subsequent season will add 5 Mountain West colleges like Boise State and Fresno State, in addition to Texas State from the Solar Belt, to turn into a full FBS convention as soon as once more.