After serving as Assistant, Associate, and Deputy Athletic Director since 2010, Thad Moore was promoted to Director of Athletics in August 2016 following the retirement of Dr. Bryan Matthews. On April 2, 2022, Moore was promoted to Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics at the College.
“Over the last two years, Thad has taken on the critical supervision of Public Safety and our transportation operations and has chaired the Emergency Operations Group as well,” said Sarah Feyerherm, Vice President for Student Affairs at the College. “Combined with his excellent leadership of the operations of varsity athletics, recreation, and intramurals, his new title reflects the scope and quality of his contributions to our campus.”
In an administrative capacity prior to taking over as Director of Athletics, Moore progressively took on a larger role in the department, handling scheduling, operations, department research, and several facility projects, among several other duties.
Prior to becoming the College's Athletic Director, Moore had served as its head athletic trainer since 2000. He received the Maryland Athletic Trainers Association (MATA) Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2012 and a Service Award from the Mid Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association (MAATA) a year later. In 2014, he was named the Division III Athletic Trainer of the Year by the College/University Athletic Trainers’ Committee (CUATC) of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and received a NATA Service Award. In February of that same year, he was one of four recipients of the College's annual Presidential Distinguished Service Awards. In June 2019, he was inducted into the MATA Hall of Fame.
Moore, who has been a certified athletic trainer since 1997, earned his B.S. in Physical Education from Salisbury in 1996 and his M.A. in Education with a concentration in Sports Management from Connecticut in 1999. He is presently working on his M.S. in Healthcare Administration.
Prior to his arrival at Washington College, Moore worked as an intern at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and as the head athletic trainer at the Mark Mettrick Professional Soccer School. From 1997-2000, he was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Connecticut, where he worked with the Huskies' football program.
Moore is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and the College Athletic Trainers Society. He is also a certified American Red Cross Instructor in first aid, CPR, and AED.
Moore has also served as a lecturer in the Physical Education department, as an advisor to Washington's Student-Athlete Mentor program, and on various committees throughout campus.
