Bernie H. Moore was born in Jonesboro, Tennessee in 1895. He coached at Sewanee (1924-26) and Mercer (1926-28) before going to Louisiana State University from 1929 to 1947. Only coach to win national titles in football and track. Coach Moore came to Birmingham as Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference in 1947 and retired in 1966. He received the Alonzo Stagg award and is enshrined in the National Football Hall of Fame, The Helms Hall of Fame as well as the Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana Halls of Fame. Commissioner Moore died November 6, 1967, in Winchester, Tennessee.