Archives for February 7, 2014

‘Moore’s hiring is the last major position Marrone had to fill on his 17-coach staff. There have been six changes to the staff since the end of 2013, the most notable being Jim Schwartz replacing Mike Pettine at defensive coordinator after Pettine was hired as head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Pettine took defensive line coach Anthony Weaver, linebackers coach Jim O’Neil and defensive quality control coach Brian Fleury with him to the Browns.’

’54 seats occupied in 2013; 58 vacant.’

‘Moore and defensive line coach Tim Daoust were the only two coaching holdovers from Doug Marrone’s staff after Marrone left to coach the Buffalo Bills. Moore recently helped develop former All-Big East receiver Alec Lemon and Marcus Sales. Lemon owns SU’s career and single-season receptions records with 201 career catches and 72 in 2012, and he ranks second on the school’s all-time receiving list with 2,596 yards.’

“The thing I tell kids all the time, take those kids that leave New York City and really, really evaluate how well they do,” Moore told Syracuse.com. “It isn’t very good, I can tell you that.”‘

‘Moore will be responsible for overseeing a young group of receivers that featured two rookies last season.’

‘Like Marrone, Moore is a graduate of Syracuse and enjoyed a career in the National Football League. The former wide receiver was a first round pick by the New York Jets in the 1990 Supplemental Draft and stayed with them for five seasons. He spent the final seven years of his career playing for the Arizona Cardinals.’

‘During his time coaching the Orange, Moore helped lead his alma mater to three bowl victories. Under Moore’s tutelage, WR Alec Lemon finished his career ranked first in the Orange record books for all-time receptions (201) and second in all-time receiving yards (1,780).’