Notre Dame offensive coordinator candidate: Kirby Moore

Rather unexpectedly, at least by those that watched Notre Dame’s offense up close in 2023, Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Gerad Parker has taken the head coach job at Troy.

Him doing so leaves a vacancy for Notre Dame at offensive coordinator yet again as the Irish will spend part of the off-season searching for a new play caller.  This is the third time in four off-seasons that Notre Dame has had to conduct such a search.

Here at Fighting Irish Wire we will be researching any and all of the names that get rumored or linked to the opening to arm you with the best information on each candidate.

A hot name in coaching circles is Kirby Moore, the current offensive coordinator at Missouri.  What makes Moore such an intriguing candidate?

Here’s what you need to know about the man currently calling plays for Elijah Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers:

Strong One Season at Mizzou

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Kirby Moore has been at Missouri just this season but the impact he’s made on the Tigers is clear.  Mizzou saw all of their major offensive numbers rise significantly from 2022 to 2023, including:

Points per game: 24.8 to 34.1
Pass yards per game: 214.1 to 273.5
Rush yards per game: 155.7 to 169.4
Total yards per game: 369.8 to 442.9

Mizzou was also home to Cody Schrader (above) who finished the regular season a nose hair short of 1,500 rushing yards (1,499).  Schrader finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

Six Seasons at Fresno State

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I don’t know what it is about Fresno State but whenever I write these (which has became an annual tradition) it seems like one of the top candidates spent extensive time at Fresno State.  Last year it was Andy Ludwig from Utah and now it’s Moore.

Moore spent six seasons at Fresno State and was the offensive coordinator in 2022.  He helped oversee a team that…

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Publish date : 2023-12-20 02:33:19

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