ALBANY, Ga. - Albany State University (ASU) Director of Athletics has announced an addition to the athletics staff with the selection of Dr. Darlene Moore as the Assistant Athletics Director for Academics and Compliance. The appointment is effective July 1, 2021.
 
"I am excited Dr. Moore has accepted this critical senior staff role in Golden Rams Athletics.  The combination of coaching, administrative experience and knowledge of Albany State University make her a perfect fit.  I look forward to seeing the positive impact she will have on our student-athletes and the department of athletics." said Tony Duckworth ASU Director of Athletics
 
Prior to her appointment, 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. 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.
 
"I am truly honored that AD Duckworth would provide me the opportunity to be a part of his administrative staff. AD Duckworth is energetic and passionate about ASU athletics and I look forward to promoting his vision and working with him and his veteran athletic leadership team. I have come full circle with my professional athletic career in which I am back at the University that gave me my foundation as a productive individual both personally and professionally. For that, I am thankful." said Darlene Moore.
 
Before FAMU Darlene 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 8^th place team finish in 2001 and a 6^th 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 Conference Championships. Dr. Moore is a Hall of Fame inductee at two Universities, both Fort Valley State University and Albany State University. She is poised to be inducted in the Florida A&M University Sports Hall of Fame in September of 2021. 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 Masters of Education degree in Health/Physical Education from Georgia Southwestern State University and her Specialist of Education and her Doctorate of Education degree in Teacher Leadership from Walden University. Dr. Moore is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
 
Dr. Moore resides in Albany, Georgia. Moore is married to Michael D. Moore and they have 3 wonderful dogs; Tiki, Snow and Dinky.