And as the college sports world moves ever closer to allowing college athletes to make money from their name, image, and likeness Moos has been the public face of an athletic department that has worked to position itself at the front of the line for those changes.
“We will be the best in the country,” Moos said with emphasis. “We are ready to go.”
With Moos’ immediate future now decided, the soon-to-be former boss also took one final moment to let his larger-than-life persona shine through.
“I had 310 public appearances in my first 20 months on this job, and they weren’t all in Lincoln and Omaha. They were in Valentine, Alliance, Scottsbluff, North Platte, Hastings, Nebraska City, on and on and on,” Moos said. I love those people. They’re my kind of people.
“I’ll always, always, remember our time here at Nebraska, and (that) I got a chance to contribute to one of the finest athletic programs in the history of this country and this profession.”
What Husker fans are saying about Bill Moos’ retirement
Great – all we need is more drama right now. Can we just play ball already???
— Mark Winter (@markoGpolo) June 25, 2021
Bad call. Something fishy is up
— Joel Poppe (@nefb24) June 25, 2021
I have no idea what to make of Bill Moos being out as AD.
— Erik Burkhart (@HuskerInsanity) June 25, 2021
This is going to get mixed reviews but I loved Bill Moos and what he’s done in his time here. I am genuinely disheartened to see his time at Nebraska come to an end so abruptly.
— Cornhusker Cole (@CornhuskerCole) June 25, 2021
It does seem weird. But since it’s a “retirement” I’m assuming if there are other reasons they will not be public. I shouldn’t speculate on here, I respect Moos for what he’s done at Nebraska and I trust Carter and Green to hire a good replacement.
— Josh Fischer (@jdfisch6) June 25, 2021
Welp there’s gotta be like a zero percent chance moos is just suddenly retiring for no particular reason right? Like we might not find out about it outside of rumors in typical Nebraska athletics fashion but there’s gotta be literally no way he’s just retiring out of the blue
— millennial falcon (@CassidayErrday) June 25, 2021
Photos: A look back at Bill Moos’ tenure as Nebraska’s athletic director
Bill Moos speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for an NU’s facilities project April 30 near Memorial Stadium.
Bill Moos (left), Matt Davison and football coach Scott Frost listen to speeches at a groundbreaking ceremony for NU’s facilities project near Memorial Stadium on April 30, 2021.
University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen, left, walks with Bill Moos toward the buffet food line on an April 2019 evening during the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Celebration held at Ag Park.
Bill Moos surveys Memorial Stadium before Nebraska’s football game against Northwestern on Nov. 4, 2017.
Bill Moos (left) and football coach Scott Frost attended the announcement of the Huskers’ new athletic facility in September 2019 at the East Stadium Plaza.
Bill Moos, in his first game as Nebraska’s athletic director in 2017, encountered this portrait of Joe Tiller and Drew Brees in the visiting A.D.’s suite at Purdue.
Jeff Griesch (from left), senior associate communications director for Nebraska athletics, and Bill Moos look on as newly introduced baseball coach Will Bolt addresses the media at Memorial Stadium on Thursday.
Bill Moos has 10 years of Sports Illustrated magazines neatly filed in binders on his shelves in his third-floor office in Memorial Stadium. He’s seen here with a Sept. 20, 1965, issue — for only 35 cents — which features Nebraska’s Frank Solich on the cover.
Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos speaks to the athletes, friends and family members who gathered on May 29, 2019, for the Lincoln Journal Star prep sports awards banquet at the Champions Club.
Bill Moos addresses the decision to fire basketball coach Tim Miles on March 26, 2019. “We can move this program up to competing consistently in the Big Ten,” he said.
Bill Moos (left) watches the Husker men’s basketball team take on Wisconsin on Jan. 29, 2019, at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos speaks during the unveiling of two plaques to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 11, 2018.
Tom Osborne, flanked by Deputy Athletic Director Pat Logsdon and Director Bill Moos, holds a trophy and poses for photos after being inducted into the University of Nebraska Athletics Hall Friday, Sept. 7, 2018.
Bill Moos shakes hands with Nebraska head football coach Scott Frost at Memorial Stadium in December 2017.
(From left) Bill Moos, wife Kendra and family at their ranch in Washington state.
Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook (left) is presented with the national championship trophy by Bill Moos in December 2017 during a celebration at Devaney Sports Center.
UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green (from left), athletic director Bill Moos and NU President Hank Bounds join the celebration of the Huskers’ NCAA volleyball championship Dec. 16, 2017, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos (left) poses with Huskers head football coach Scott Frost after Frost was hired in December 2017.
Bill Moos talks about the decision to fire football coach Mike Riley on Nov. 25, 2017. As for the Huskers’ new coach, Moos said he’s looking for someone who will be “the right fit.”
NU President Hank Bounds (left), Bill Moos and Medical Center Chancellor Jeffery Gold, M.D., talk at Memorial Stadium in November 2017.
Bill Moos (left) talks with Donald Kendle of Lincoln during pregame at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 4, 2017. Kendle was in the Army Air Corps from 1943-1946.
Bill Moos (right) arrives at the Huskers’ locker room with UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green (center) prior to the Purdue game at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind., on Oct. 28, 2017.
Bill Moos (right) watches the first half of the Huskers soccer game against Minnesota game on Oct. 25, 2017, at Hibner Stadium.
Bill Moos, who grew up as a rancher’s kid in Edwall, Washington, hooks up electric fence at his ranch in this 2010 file photo.
During his introduction ceremony as Nebraska’s athletic director on Oct. 15, 2017, Bill Moos said it’s his job to get Nebraska football back to where the program is among the hunted. “I believe that’s the Huskers’ rightful place, and we’re going to see what we can do to get back there.”
Bill Moos, answers questions during his introductory news conference as Nebraska’s athletic director Oct 15, 2017, at Memorial Stadium.
Bill Moos talks with members of the University of Nebraska administration following a news conference in October 2017 at Memorial Stadium, when Moos was named Nebraska’s athletic director.
Contact the writer at cbasnett@journalstar.com or 402-473-7436. On Twitter @HuskerExtraCB.
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