Kellen Moore ‘Coach’ Bio, Age, Wife, Salary, Net Worth, College, Cow Boys, Stats

Kellen Moore Biography

The Prosser, Washington native, Kellen Moore, is an American football coach and the offensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys, Kellen Moore is a former quarterback who is the current offensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). Moore played six seasons in the NFL for the Cowboys and Detroit Lions.

He played college football at Boise State. He has the all-time record for wins by a starting quarterback in NCAA Division I FBS with a 50–3 (.943) record. He finished fourth in the balloting for the 2010 Heisman Trophy, as a junior.

Kellen Moore High School

Moore’s father, Tom, was head coach at Prosser High School from 1986 to 2008, winning 21 league titles and four state championships. Every day during football season, Moore and younger brother Kirby, who also played at Boise State as a wide receiver, went from the elementary school to their dad’s football practice. His father remembered in a 2011 interview, “He’d always have a little notepad with him. He was always drawing plays.” In Moore’s final two years of high school, his father let him call his own plays.

Kellen Moore “grew fast, according to his mother and then he didn’t grow again” — he was 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) as a high school sophomore, nearly his adult height. Moore’s lack of height proved no obstacle to success at Prosser High. He was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington. Moore lettered in football and basketball three times each and was named Velocity/Prep Star All-American and First-team All-state and Division 2A MVP by the Seattle Times.

As a sophomore

As a sophomore, junior and senior, he earned league player of the year honors as well as First-team All-league recognition. As a junior also Moore was Third-team All-state selection. He set Washington state career records for completions (787) and touchdown passes (173). He also set state single-season records for completions (317 as a junior), yards (4,600 as a junior) and touchdown passes (67 as a senior).

Kellen Moore finished his career completing 787 of 1,195 passes (.659) for 11,367 yards and 173 touchdowns with 34 interceptions. In a loss to the Centralia Tigers that included two interceptions, he led Prosser to a 12–1 record in 2006 as a senior and a spot in the state semifinals. He completed 317-of-479 passes (66.2 percent) for 4,600 yards and 66 touchdowns with 15 interceptions, as a junior.

The year before, he completed 179-of-308 passes (58.1-percent) for 2,442 yards and 39 touchdowns with 11 interceptions, as a sophomore. Moore’s teammates at Boise State included Kirby his younger brother and childhood friend Cory Yriarte, a center for the Broncos. Kirby currently holds the national high school record with 95 career touchdown receptions.

Kellen Moore College years

2007

In the 2007 season, Kellen Moore was redshirted.

2008

In 2008, as a redshirt freshman, Moore led the Broncos to an undefeated regular season and the WAC championship while throwing 25 touchdowns and 9 interceptions in 12 games. Boise State lost to Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2008 Poinsettia Bowl, in the final game of 2008, the first of two consecutive bowl meetings for the non-Automatic Qualifying rivals. Moore was named WAC Freshman of the Year and Second-team All-conference after a spectacular first season, guiding Boise State to 12–1 record and was named Boise State’s Most Valuable Offensive Player by a vote of teammates.

Moore was named to Phil Steele Publications’ Second-team All-WAC and also voted to the Football Writers Association of America’s freshman All-America team. Kellen Moore ranked 12th in the nation in passing efficiency and 24th in total offense, averaging 265.85 yards per game and was first in WAC in passing efficiency (157.1) and second in total offense (265.8) and average passing yards per game (268.2). Moore completed 281 of 405 passes for 3,486 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

2009

Kellen Moore was ranked as the 37th best-returning player in college football in January 2009, by College Football News. He threw for a school-record 39 touchdowns with only 3 interceptions to lead the Broncos to a 14–0 record, another WAC title and an at large bid to the Fiesta Bowl vs. undefeated #4 ranked TCU. The 2009 Fiesta Bowl was highly controversial because of the decision to pit the two non-Automatic Qualifying schools against each other instead of having them face Automatic Qualifying teams.

The BCS perception was criticized for the risk of both, or either, team defeating a “power conference” team was too great and that the BCS had TCU and BSU face each other so that the damage of their participation would be minimized. He finished the 2009 regular season with the highest passer efficiency rating in Division I-A with a rating of 167.3. Moore did not lose a regular-season game in his first two years as a starting quarterback.

He started against widely favored TCU and played the entire game. Kellen Moore had no interceptions, fumbles, or muffed snaps. Moore led the team on a 4th quarter 78-yard touchdown scoring drive to take the lead for good and win the game 17–10. CBSSportsline.com, a subsidiary of CBS Sports named Kellen Moore as First-team All-American. Moore was named one of ten finalists for the Manning Award. In 2009, he was also First-team All-WAC and the WAC Offensive Player of the Year and finished 7th in Heisman voting for 2009.

2010

On September 6, 2010, Moore led the Broncos to a 33–30 victory over Virginia Tech. The game was highly anticipated and received a 6.8 TV rating, nearly twice that of the next most-watched game. He contributed 3 passing touchdowns in the game with a final game-winning strike to Austin Pettis with 1:14 remaining in the game. Boise State received 8 first-place votes in the Week 2 AP Poll, as a result of the victory and it moved up to third in the Coaches’ Poll.

Moore was also mentioned as a top candidate for the 2010 Heisman Trophy by major sports media. Moore was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy after finishing the season with 3,506 yards, 33 TDs, and only 5 INTs and was invited to the ceremony in New York City to become the first-ever Boise State player to be a Heisman finalist. He finished fourth in Heisman voting.

Moore was also a finalist for the Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award and the Manning Award (all won by Cam Newton). He was named the Touchdown Club of Columbus Quarterback of the Year. Boise State was invited to the 2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, where Boise defeated Utah 26–3.

2011

The Sporting News named Moore as the #1 player in their annual list of the top 25 players in the nation on March 28, 2011. Moore was ranked ahead of Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and Oregon running back LaMichael James who both finished ahead of Moore in the 2010 Heisman voting. He only needed 8 wins during the 2011 season to pass Colt McCoy for most wins by a quarterback in NCAA history.

Moore threw his 100th touchdown pass against Georgia during week one. Moore was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, distributed only in the west, following an opening season win against Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.

With the Broncos defeat of Air Force on October 22, Moore tied former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy for the career wins record with 45 wins. The Broncos defeated UNLV on November 5 and Moore broke the record to become the FBS leader in career wins for a starting quarterback at 46. A perfect season, however, was spoiled again by a 36–35 loss to TCU.

Kellen Moore was one of three finalists for the Maxwell Award along with Andrew Luck and Trent Richardson (won by Luck). Moore was named the Touchdown Club of Columbus Quarterback of the Year for the second year in a row, and it was announced that beginning in 2012 the award will be known as the Kelle Moore Award. Currently, he is first in the FBS in completion percentage. With the Broncos’ 56–24 win over Arizona State in the 2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, he became the first quarterback in FBS history to win 50 games in his career.

Kellen Moore Detroit Lions

In the 2012 NFL Draft, Moore was not selected, but Detroit Lions signed him immediately post-draft. Upon being signed by Detroit, he stated, “I don’t think there will probably be a more motivated quarterback.” While some within the media voiced an opinion that Moore should unseat the newly signed Dan Orlovsky as the Lions primary backup during the 2014 season, Jim Caldwell Lions head coach decided Orlovsky would remain the incumbent.

It was announced on February 21, 2014, that the Lions would not place a restricted free agent tender offer on Moore, allowing him to explore other NFL options. Lions General Manager Martin Mayhew expressed an interest in bringing Moore back for the 2015 season despite not tendering an offer. The Lions signed Moore to a two-year contract worth $1.825 million on March 6, 2015. Following the team’s preseason, Moore failed to make the initial 53-player roster and was released during the team’s final cuts of training camp.

Kellen Moore Dallas Cowboys

Kellen Moore was signed on September 6, 2015, by the Dallas Cowboys to the team’s practice squad, reuniting with Scott Linehan, former Lions offensive coordinator. After Tony Romo first fractured his left collarbone, he was promoted on September 23 to the active roster to serve as Brandon Weeden’s backup. He was the team’s backup for two games until the Cowboys acquired quarterback Matt Cassel. He was waived and re-signed 2 days later on November 10 to the practice squad.

Kellen Moore was promoted to the active roster on December 2, after Romo suffered a second fracture of the collarbone on a Thanksgiving loss against the Carolina Panthers to serve as Cassel’s backup. The Cowboys tried relying on backup quarterbacks Weeden (0–3) and Cassel (1–6), during Romo’s absence but weren’t successful.

2015- 2017

Kellen Moore played in his first career regular-season game against the New York Jets, on December 19 replacing an ineffective Cassel. His second career NFL pass was intercepted by Marcus Gilchrist. On the next drive, he threw his first career touchdown, connecting with Dez Bryant. Moore was intercepted two more times in the second half, including once in the end zone, when the Cowboys had a chance to go ahead 17–9 in the third quarter.

The loss against the Jets officially eliminated the Cowboys from playoff contention, so the organization decided to use the last two games to audition Moore. Moore’s first career start came the following week against the Buffalo Bills, completing 13 of 31 passes and throwing a third-quarter interception to AJ Tarpley as the Cowboys lost 16–6. In his first home start, playing against the Washington Redskins, Moore threw for 435 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in a 34–23 loss. Moore became the fifth quarterback in team history to throw for 400 or more yards in a single-game and also passed for the sixth-most yards in team history for a single-game.

He suffered a fractured fibula on his right leg in 2016, during a training camp practice on August 2 and was placed on injured reserve on August 30. Moore re-signed with the Cowboys on March 20, 2017. On September 2, 2017, the Cowboys released him but was re-signed on September 5, 2017. Moore was released on October 26, 2017, and re-signed to the practice squad. Moore was the only left-handed quarterback as of the 2017 season in the NFL.

Kellen Moore Age

Kellen Moore was born on July 5, 1989, in Prosser, Washington, United States. He is 29 years old as of 2018.

Kellen Moore Family

Parents

Kellen Moore is a son to Tom Moore and Kris Moore.

Wife

Kellen Moore is married to his wife Julie Wilson since 2011 when the couple exchanged their vows. Moore and Julie dated for several years since their high school days before tying the knot. Their union is blessed with two children.

Children

Kellen Moore has two children, he is yet to disclose their names to the public.

Kellen Moore Body Measurements

Height; 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight; 200 lb (91 kg)

Shoe Size; Not Available

Body Shape; Not Available

Hair Colour; Not Available

Kellen Moore Salary

Moore signed a 1 year, $72,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, which included an average annual salary of $72,000. Moore will earn a base salary of $72,000 and including all other bonuses.

Kellen Moore Net Worth

Kellen Moore has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million. His both careers as an NFL player and now as the Offensive Coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) are the primary sources of his income.

Kellen Moore College Stats

Kellen Moore Stats