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February 23, 2010 in Sports
Moos says yes to WSU athletic director job
Bill Moos cheered up crowds while touring WSU’s campus on Wednesday.
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PULLMAN — Bill Moos said yes today to Washington State University’s offer to replace Jim Sterk as athletic director, a source confirmed to The Spokesman-Review.
Moos told WSU president Elson S. Floyd he would accept an offer, made last Thursday. Terms of the deal have not been released, though other sources have said Moos was offered more than Sterk’s $300,000 in base salary, deferred compensation and other income.
Washington State is expected to schedule a press conference in Pullman for Wednesday.
Moos, a former Washington State football player who earned all Pac-8 honors his senior year in 1972, was formerly the athletic director at the University of Oregon, starting in Eugene in 1995.
When he and Oregon parted in late 2006, Moos signed a 10-year agreement worth $2 million payable yearly that limited where he could work.
The agreement stipulates Moos would earn the yearly stipend for 10 years, according to published reports.
Which schools were covered became a bone of contention in December, when Moos was a finalist for the athletic director spot at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a member of the Mountain West Conference.
Moos was reportedly offered the job, but Oregon labeled UNLV a BCS school and threatened to cut off the payments. Since then, Moos and Oregon have been in discussions aimed at reaching an amicable solution.
Moos has not returned a call seeking comment.
He and wife Kendra have lived just south of Spokane in Valleyford, a little more than an hour north of Pullman, since leaving Oregon in Nov., 2006. The couple has five children, including son Bo who plays football at Arizona State, another son and three daughters.
A first-team All-Pac-8 offensive lineman as a senior in 1972, Moos graduated from WSU the next spring. He was named an assistant athletic director in 1982 under Sam Jankovich and was promoted to associate athletic director in 1988 under Livengood.
Moos left WSU in 1990 to become athletic director at Montana.
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danieljgibbons_hotmail_com on February 23 at 11:39 a.m.
Biggest hire in athletic department history?
drinkr23 on February 23 at 11:46 a.m.
GO COUG’S!!!
HankTingler on February 23 at 12:09 p.m.
Why is he paid more than the Governor?
No wonder we are in debt.
kaddy on February 23 at 12:14 p.m.
Excited and relieved….!
Portland_Coug on February 23 at 12:28 p.m.
Congrats Bill and, of course, welcome. I am a classmate of Bill’s and believe WSU made a huge mistake by not hiring him years ago. But, alas, there are always politics, egos and rumors involved. I owe Bill for some “famous” tickets he got for me to a Seattle Apple
Cup and now have another chance to repay my commitment to him, and WSU.
Hopefully, he reads this, as I am preparing to move to Hawaii for the balance of my life; I could reconsider Pullman….is this my “Cougar” sickness? Suffice it to say, “Thanks,” Bobo for your hand in this.
God, I love WSU….”GO COUGS”
P.S. Because Bill is MUCH better than Washington’s Governor!!!
VoxCougs on February 23 at 1:34 p.m.
This is a great move! Portland_Coug, couldn’t agree with you more—we’re finally righting a wrong that was committed many years ago.
As far as “Hank’s” comment (gee, does that mean if we didn’t hire him, we’d be out of debt?), I quote Babe Ruth, who when asked why he was being paid more than President Hoover, said: “What the h*** has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.”
No matter what the forecast is, things suddenly got a lot sunnier in Pullman.
mdriftmeyer on February 23 at 1:41 p.m.
Hank’s point is valid with regard to Publicly funded Universities. However, WSU is at or near the bottom in compensation wrt to the rest of the US Publicly funded universities.
maria on February 23 at 3:22 p.m.
Mooooooooo! Perfect name for an Ag school!
EndlessLosses on February 28 at 4:17 a.m.
Great hire! I’m glad to see that WSU has its priorities in order. Education be damned!