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Dr. Darlene Moore joined KWC Panthers as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance, Student Athletic Services and Sports Administration/ SWA in July 2025. Most recently, Dr. Moore served as the Assistant Athletic Director of Compliance and Academic Services at Texas Woman’s University. While at TWU, Dr. Moore oversaw the compliance program which services over 200 student-athletes on a yearly basis. This position was responsible for the submission of all NCAA reports onan annual basis. Dr. Moore oversaw a comprehensive athletics academic program for 9 intercollegiate athletic sports (advising, transfer evaluation, tutoring referrals, early academic alerts and monitoring for student-athletes) resulting in an athletic departmental GPA of 3.00 or higher during the year. Her duties also included providing Student-Athlete support in the areas of retention, student-athlete concerns, gender equity and Title IX issues. Prior to her appointment at TWU, Moore served as the Interim Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance/ Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Hawaii Pacific University. Moore was responsible for the daily operation of the compliance program of 15 sports, including student-athlete eligibility certification, development of policies and procedures pertaining to enforcement of NCAA rules, delivery of rules education to coaches and staff, as well as submission of required reports to theNCAA and/or Pacific West Conference. Moore also worked with the university Title IX Coordinator to ensure a safe learning, living, and working environment at Hawaii Pacific University.Before arriving at Hawaii Pacific University, Moore served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Academic and Compliance/ Senior Woman Administrator at Albany State University from 2021-2023. In this role, Dr. Moore oversaw the daily operations of the compliance office which serviced over 300 student-athletes (11 intercollegiate athletic teams) on a yearly basis. Dr. Moore was also responsible for all athletic certifications of student-athletes in conjunction with the Registrar’s and Academic Advisement Offices. Dr. Moore also oversaw a comprehensive athletics academic program (advising, transfer evaluation, tutoring referrals, early academic alerts and monitoring for coaches) resulting in an athletic departmental GPA of 3.00 or higher every year. She also provided student-athlete welfare support in the areas of retention, student-athlete concerns, gender equity and Title IX issues. Dr. Moore was the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and advisor and was in charge of the NCAA Life Skills Initiative.At ASU, Dr. Moore was the sports administrator for 7 sports and managed the Name, Image, and Likeness monitoring initiative. She also led data collection and reporting of the NCAA Academic Performance Census (APC) and Academic Progress Rate (ASR), while leading efforts to improve statistical data. Dr. Moore also assisted with daily departmental operations in the areas of game operations and event management. Dr. Moore also oversaw external operations in she cultivated and developed relationships with external constituencies, stakeholders, and boosters. Dr. Moore had oversight of the Ram Fund/Quarterback Club Operations and assisted with fundraising efforts for the annual ASU Athletic Golf Tournament, ASU Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, and Tailgating and Vending.Prior to Albany State University, Dr. Moore served as Director of Men and Women Track and Field/ Cross Country Teams, Head Women Track and Field/Cross Country Coach, Interim Senior Woman Administrator and Adjunct Health and Physical Education Instructor at Florida A&M University from 2009- 2019. While at FAMU, Dr. Moore won 10 Mid-Eastern Conference Championships (MEAC). She won 7 consecutive MEAC Cross Country Championships and set a MEAC and FAMU record with this feat. She also won 3 MEAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Moore was name MEAC Coach of the Year 10 times. Before FAMU Dr. Moore was at Albany State University, where she served two years (2007-2009) as the Assistant Track and Field/Cross Country Coach, helping lead the Golden Rams to back-to-back Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championships, in cross country and track and field.Prior to her return to ASU, Dr. Moore was the FVSU Head Women Track and Field/ Cross Country Coach from 1998- 2004 in which she won 8 consecutive SIAC Championships (4 Outdoor Track and Field/ 4 Cross Country) and an 8-time SIAC Coach of the Year. During her six-year tenure as the head coach, Dr. Moore had 71 conference champions, 3 NCAA Division II South Region Athletes of the Year, 4 SIAC Track and Field Most Valuable Performers, 4 SIAC Cross Country Most Valuable Performers, 2 NCAA National Champions, 7 NCAA Runners-up, 15 Track and Field All-Americans and 2 USA National qualifiers. Her teams represented the SIAC Conference well in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Meets by having an outstanding 8th place team finish in 2001 and a 6th place team finish in 2002. Dr. Moore's teams rewarded her well by making her one of the top premier female coaches in the Nation. She has won a total of 22 NCAA Conference Championships. Dr. Moore is an athletic Hall of Fame inductee at three Universities, Florida A&M University, Albany State University and Fort Valley State University. She is a 3-time NCAA Division II South Region Track and Field Coach of the Year. She has also been named the Georgia Female College Coach of the Year by Georgia Women Intersport Network, the National Female Track and Field Coach of the Year by the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports and the National Female Coach of the Year by the HBCU Digest. Dr. Moore is a standout middle-distance runner from Albany State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Moore received her Master of Education degree in Health/Physical Education from Georgia Southwestern State University and her Specialist of Education and her Doctor of Education degree in Teacher Leadership from Walden University. Dr. Moore is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA), former member of the NCAA Division II Cross Country Committee, former member of the NCAA Division I Track and Field Committee and former member of the NCAA Division II Track and Field Committee. Dr. Moore is also a member of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators and a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Dr. Moore is married to Coach Michael D. Moore who is the former head men basketball coach at Albany State University and Fort Valley State University, and they have 3 wonderful dogs; Snow and Dinky, and Doodle.
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