WSU's Bill Moos hired as AD at Nebraska

In a surprising move, Bill Moos was hired Sunday afternoon to become the athletic director at Nebraska. The school announced the hire in a news release. Moos leaves Pullman after more than seven years as the AD at WSU.

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Sun., Oct. 15, 2017

Bill Moos, who served as Washington State athletic director since 2010, was named new AD at Nebraska.

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Bill Moos, athletic director at Washington State, speaks with The Spokesman-Review about the arrests of WSU football players and head football coach Mike Leach’s comments regarding police profiling of athletes on Wednesday, Sep 14, 2016, at his office in Pullman, Wash.

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Washington State athletic director Bill Moos checks out Husky Stadium before the start of the first half of the Apple Cup on Friday, Nov 27, 2015, in Seattle, Wash.

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WSU Athletic Director Bill Moos shakes hands with a happy linebacker Darryl Monroe during a media tour of WSU’s new football operations building on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Pullman, Wash.

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WSU athletic director Bill Moos stands in front of WSU’s new football operations building during a media tour on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Pullman, Wash. The building features a massive WSU football player image, seen at right, that will be lit at night.

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Washington State athletic director Bill Moos claps along with the band during a pep rally before the New Mexico Bowl on Friday, December 20, 2013, in the Old Town district of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Washington State athletic director Bill Moos, right, and new head football coach Mike Leach hold up a jersey during a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, in Pullman, Wash. Looking on at left rear is Leach’s wife, Sharon Leach.

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Bill Moos, who grew up as a rancher’s kid in Edwall, Washington, unloads bales of hay at his own operation, Friday, Apr. 2, 2010, near Valleyford, Washington, south of Spokane. He’s also the new athletic director at Washington State University in Pullman.

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Bill Moos stands at the entrance to the Special K Ranch, which is named after his wife, Kendra, on Friday, April 2, 2010, near Valleyford, Wash. The ranch is the culmination of a lifelong dream to own a cattle ranch like the one he grew up on in Edwall, Wash.

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24 February 2010 - Bill Moos, left, formerly the athletic director for the University of Oregon from 1995 to 2007, smiles as he shakes hands WSU President Elson S. Floyd during a news conference announcing his appointment to the position of athletic director at Washington State on Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010, on WSU’s campus in Pullman, Wash.

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