Mal Moore's tenure as Alabama's athletics director has certainly seen its ups and downs. When the former Crimson Tide football player and assistant coach took the reins of the athletic department in November 1999, Mike Dubose was leading the Tide to that year's SEC championship in football.
Since then, Moore has presided over the rotating Mikes (DuBose, Price, Shula), Dennis Franchione's unceremonious departure for Texas A&M, and numerous brushes with the NCAA.
He also spearheaded a $125 million facilities fund-raising campaign, improving the facilities for nearly every sport on campus, and perhaps most importantly, hired Nick Saban as head football coach.
With one BCS championship trophy and a Heisman resting in Alabama's new state-of-the-art football building and construction crews expanding Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gentry Estes reported yesterday that an extension to Moore's contract is in the works.
Some thought the 70-year-old Moore would retire soon, but that does not appear to be the case.
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