50 2020-21 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BILL MOOS Athletic Director Fourth Season Washington State (1973) Nebraska made national headlines with the hiring of Fred Hoiberg as its new men’s basketball coach in 2019. Moos NEBRASKA ATHLETIC DIRECTORS 1928-1931 H.D. Gish made another impact move with the hiring of former Husker 1932-1936 Dana X. Bible Will Bolt to lead the baseball program, after Major League 1937-1942 Lawrence McCeney "Biff" Jones All-Star, Gold Glove award winner and World Series champion 1942-1947 A.J. Lewandowski Darin Erstad stepped down from his head coaching position 1948-1953 George "Potsy" Clark after leading the Huskers to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. 1954-1960 J.W. "Bill" Orwig Moos hired Lisa Johnson to lead the women’s golf program 1961* Charles Miller & Joseph Soshnik after the retirement of long-time coach Robin Krapfl. He also 1962-1966 W.H. "Tippy" Dye hired long-time Husker assistant Paul Klempa to guide the 1967-1992 Bob Devaney nationally dominant bowling program after the retirement 1993-2002 Bill Byrne of the legendary Bill Straub, who led the program to five 2003-2007 Steve Pederson NCAA titles since 2004. 2007-2012 Tom Osborne Former Husker national champions Heather Brink (women’s 2013-2017 Shawn Eichorst gymnastics) and Rachel Martin (rifle) were also hired by Moos 2017-Present Bill Moos to lead those national championship-contending programs. *Interim Co-Directors In competition, the Nebraska volleyball team claimed the 2017 NCAA title just months after Moos was hired, before from $18.5 million in his first year to more than $40 million adding an NCAA runner-up finish in 2018. Both the men’s by 2007, becoming 100 percent self-sufficient during that and women’s gymnastics teams finished in the top six at the time. Under his direction the Duck Athletic Fund donor base ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 2018 NCAA Championships, before the men added a third- increased from 4,930 to 12,290, resulting in an annual gifts +Athletic Director, Nebraska (2017-Present) place team finish in 2019 - its best team showing since 1999. increase from $4.1 million to $15.3 million. +Athletic Director, Washington State (2010-17) The bowling team added top-three national finishes in 2018 Moos initiated more than $160 million in facility +Athletic Director, Oregon (1995-2007) and 2019, while the wrestling team produced top-10 NCAA improvements while at Oregon. Included in that was the +Athletic Director, Montana (1990-95) finishes in both of those seasons. The women’s basketball $90 million Autzen Stadium renovation in 2002, which added +Associate A.D., Washington State (1987-90) team made the NCAA Tournament in 2018, while the 12,000 new seats, 32 new suites, a new Club at Autzen and +Assistant A.D., Washington State (1982-87) baseball team advanced to NCAA Tournament play in 2019. a new press box to the stadium. In his 12 years, the Ducks Nebraska also has continued its excellence in the classroom, ranked first in Pac-10 football attendance 11 times, reaching COMMITTEE/LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS producing 11 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans over the 100 percent capacity in each of those seasons. last three years, bringing NU’s nation-leading total to 340 During Moos’ tenure, Oregon athletics captured 13 Pac- +NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee all-time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports. 10 championships across six different sports. He increased +NCAA Division I Football Competition Committee Moos came to Lincoln after spending seven-plus years opportunities for women by adding two intercollegiate +NCAA Division I Football Recruiting Ad Hoc at Washington State (2010-17). He previously served 12 programs, soccer and lacrosse, and negotiated an all- Working Group (Co-Chair) highly successful seasons as the athletic director at Oregon inclusive shoe and apparel contract with Nike, one of only +NCAA Division I Football Oversight Camps/Clinics (1995-2007). 14 in the country at the time. From an academic standpoint Subcommittee (Chair) During his time at his alma mater, Moos wasted little time during Moos’ tenure, Oregon student-athletes collected 722 +Rose Bowl Management Committee in making his impact felt in Cougar Athletics, spearheading a academic all-conference selections, 34 Academic All-America +Big Ten Program and Budget Review Committee department-wide rebranding effort with Nike while securing selections, nine NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients a 10-year, $35 million marketing rights agreement with IMG and one NCAA Top Ten Award. PERSONAL College. During his first stint as a collegiate athletic director at Washington State, B.A. (History, 1973) In addition, the 2004 WSU Alumni Achievement Award Montana (1990-95), Moos created an academic support winner gained Regents approval for a $130 million addition program and hired its first athletic academic coordinator, Family: Kendra (wife); Bo, Benjamin (sons); Christa, and remodel of Martin Stadium, featuring a remodeled developed a facility enhancement plan that created more Brittany and Kati (daughters) press box with luxury seating, including suites, loge boxes than $4 million in improvements, and lifted the school’s and club room. fund-raising efforts to show a 300 percent increase in private Also included in the project was a state-of-the-art video and corporate gifts. Honor the past. Live the present. Create the future. board and an 80,000-square-foot football operations Academically, Montana student-athletes were equally Nine simple words that carry impressive significance building that served as the stadium’s showpiece and opened successful as the athletic department achieved a graduation and undeniable responsibility. Words that Nebraska’s new in May 2014. rate 20 percent higher than the general university enrollment. athletic director uses to lead his programs and set the tone As the dean of Pac-12 athletic directors, Moos was at the Under Moos’ watch Montana garnered 269 academic all- for building champions in competition and in life. forefront of the conference’s procurement of a 12-year, $3 conference selections, five Academic All-Americans and two William H. (Bill) Moos was named Nebraska’s Athletic billion television contract with FOX and ESPN, a landmark NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients. Director on Oct. 15, 2017, and fully assumed those agreement in college athletics. Under Moos’ direction, the Moos began his athletic career as an athletic administrator responsibilities on Oct. 23. Cougar Athletic Fund’s Annual Giving program saw an 81 in 1982 as assistant athletic director at Washington State. Moos, who became the 15th athletic director in the history percent increase in gifts while CAF donor members rose He also served as the school’s associate athletic director of the storied Cornhusker program, brought nearly 25 years from nearly 4,000 to more than 7,500. (1988-90). of experience as an athletic director at three Division I schools Additional facility enhancements under Moos included At Washington State, he was director of development (Washington State, Oregon, Montana) with him to Nebraska. a center-hung video board in Beasley Coliseum that was for more than five years and associate director for nearly More importantly, he brings an impressive track record installed prior to the 2011-12 season, giving Cougar two years, supervising all external operations. Prior to that, of success in building outstanding programs, developing basketball one of the premier fan experiences in the he managed and owned private businesses in Washington long-term relationships, and for doing what is best for his conference. An indoor golf hitting facility was also completed and Oregon for eight years. He was a student assistant schools, its fans and most importantly, its student-athletes. in early 2013, and Lower Soccer Field underwent a major football coach at Washington State for the 1973 season, “When you name the top three, four, five athletic programs renovation making the venue TV-ready while also providing then spent part of 1974 in Washington, D.C., serving as a in the great positions as an athletic director, Nebraska is one of the best playing surfaces on the West Coast, along government intern. in that same breath,” Moos said at his introductory press with the addition of lights and a new scoreboard. Raised on a wheat and cattle ranch in eastern Washington, conference at Memorial Stadium. “I want you to know that Other enhancements were made to the Moobery track Moos attended high school in Olympia when his father served my motto has always been, in the 25 years I have been a facility, Bailey-Brayton Field, the basketball practice gym, in the governor’s cabinet. Moos earned his bachelor’s degree Division I athletic director and it will be here too is very Gibb Pool and the Simmelink Indoor tennis courts. In Moos’ in history from WSU and was a three-year letterman in football simple - honor the past, live the present, create the future.” seven years at WSU, Cougar student-athletes and coaches before concluding his collegiate career by representing In his first six months at Nebraska, Moos made three accounted for 805 academic all-conference selections, 130 Washington State in the 1972 East-West Shrine All-Star coaching hires. He drew universal praise for hiring Scott all-conference accolades, 45 All-America honors and three Game in San Francisco. Frost, the 2017 consensus national coach of the year, as Pac-12 Coach-of-the-Year honors. He served as co-captain on the Cougars’ 1972 squad and Nebraska’s head football coach in December. Following Moos served as Oregon’s director of athletics from July garnered first-team All-Pac-8 Conference honors. Moos and the spring semester, Moos also hired Mark Hankins to of 1995 to 2007. While at Oregon he oversaw a 17-sport his wife Kendra have three daughters: Christa, Brittany and coach the men’s golf team and Sean Maymi to lead the athletic department that grew to national prominence during Kaiti; and two sons, Bo and Benjamin.