Tim MooreWhat a difference a year makes.
Nearly one year to the day after guiding South Pittsburg to the Class 1A state championship football game, Tim Moore has resigned as the Pirates’ coach.
A 1978 SPHS graduate, Moore returned as coach in May 2013, after the program had gone through a tumultuous time in which he became the third head coach in a five-month span. Vic Grider resigned after a 16-year career, and then current Marion County coach Ricky Ross resigned four months after taking the job.
In Moore’s first season, the Pirates finished 12-2 and state runners-up. This year they were eliminated in the second round and wound up 6-6.
“There was a difference of opinion on the future of the program,” Moore said shortly after informing the team Thursday afternoon. “I wanted to resign to get out of the way so they could find they right guy to take the program where it needs to be.