Eli Drinkwitz reveals what stood out about Kirby Moore

The Missouri Tigers recently hired Kirby Moore as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Before taking the job, Moore was the offensive coordinator at Fresno State, where he helped lead a Bulldogs’ offensive attack that ranked No. 1 in the Mountain West conference. Tigers head coach Eliah Drinkwitz spoke about Moore in his introductory press conference, explaining why he was the man for the job.

“Yeah I think the first thing about Kirby is his attention to detail, his organization. Honestly, the thing that I really evaluate with coaches is their urgency, like you can tell somebody who is quick to answer a phone call, quick to return texts and that’s Kirby,” Drinkwitz said.

Moore is young, a 32-year-old with just six years of Division I coaching experience, all at Fresno State. But Drinkwitz believes that his youth and eagerness is a positive that will help jumpstart a Mizzou program that hasn’t achieved more than six wins in any season under Drinkwitz.

“And when somebody’s like that, they’re really excited about the future and the opportunity and really felt like he did a great job of those things,” Drinkwitz said. “And he’s a little bit younger and eager to prove himself, he’s got the right kind of chip on his shoulder which is something I look for.”

Drinkwitz was Missouri’s play-caller the past three seasons, and will now hand over the reins of the offense to Moore. And hopefully, his attention to detail and sense of urgency can translate to a more efficient offense and some more wins for the Tigers next season.

Kirby Moore shares why he accepted Missouri job

On Friday Missouri hired former Fresno State offensive coordinator Kirby Moore as their new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Moore joins Tigers’ head coach Eliah Drinkwitz as he enters his fourth season at the helm, and spoke about how Drinkwitz impact his decision to join the staff.

“Well I think I’ve always followed from afar in terms of his career and all the success he’s had in terms of I was exiting Boise as a player when he was coming in,” Moore said. “And so there’s a lot of people probably second hand who we both have relationships with and have heard a ton of good things over and over and over.”

Moore played wide receiver in college at Boise State alongside his brother and current Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore between 2009-2013. Drinkwitz joined the Boise State coaching staff in 2014 as their tight ends coach and would go on to get promoted to his first offensive coordinator job with the Broncos the next season.

From there Drinkwitz would make go on to make stops at NC State and Appalachian State before landing the Missouri head coaching job following the 2019 football season. During that time, Moore would start his coaching career at the College of Idaho, followed by a year as a graduate assistant at Washington before joining Fresno State’s coaching staff in 2020.

Before joining forces with Drinkwitz, Moore helped lead the Bulldogs to become the top offense in the Mountain West, averaging a conference-leading 402.6 yards and 30.6 points per game in his first season as their offensive coordinator. Moore is only 32 years of age, making him one of the youngest coordinators in the SEC, but hopefully for the Tigers, he and Drinkwitz can turn things around for an offense that’s coming off of their worst scoring season since 2015.