Chair of Athletics/Executive Adviser for the President Joe Moglia

JOE MOGLIA

CHAIR OF ATHLETICS / EXECUTIVE ADVISER FOR THE PRESIDENT

Joe moglia is the Chair of the Coastal Carolina Athletics Division, the Executive for Football, and serves as an Executive Advisor to the President. He is also the former CEO and Chairman of TD Ameritrade and Chairman of Fundamental Global Investors and Capital Wealth Advisors.

In 1984, Moglia was one of 26 people who entered the MBA Training Program at Merrill Lynch - 25 MBA’s and one football coach. By 1988, he was the number one producer in the world. By the time he left, he had been a member of both the Institutional and Private Client Executive Committees, and his final responsibilities were all Investment Products, the Insurance Company, the 401(k) Business, and the Middle Market Business. Prior to that, he was the head of Global Fixed Income Institutional Sales and ran the firm’s Municipal division.

In the business world, he was at Merrill Lynch for 17 years before becoming the CEO at TD Ameritrade in 2001.

From when he became the CEO of TD Ameritrade in 2001, and when he stepped down in 2008, shareholders had enjoyed a 500 percent return. In 2009, he became chairman and stepped down in 2020 when TD Ameritrade was acquired by Charles Schwab. At close, the combined company was worth $100 BILLION with client assets of $7 TRILLION. When Moglia arrived, those numbers were $700 million and $24 billion.

He has served on the Boards of AXA Financial (2002-2011) and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (1997-2002).

Moglia has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Sharp Trophy for Leadership. He has been honored by the National Italian American Foundation, UNICO, the Columbus Citizens Foundation, the Irish Arts Center, the American Institute for Stuttering and the Stuttering Association for the Young.

He has been inducted into NINE Halls of Fame, is a member of the National Economics Honor Society and is the recipient of three Honorary Doctorates. Joe has already had a book written about his life, and he is also the only person to publish books on both football and investing, including “The Key to Winning Football: The Perimeter Attack Offense” (1981) and “Coach Yourself to Financial Success: Winning the Investment Game” (2005), while contributing to numerous national football coaching journals. He is currently writing a book on leadership.

He has also been a keynote speaker at the 2011 American Football Coaches Association (“It’s About Being a Leader”) and 2010 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (“Leadership in a 24/7 Stress Filled Environment”).

He has served on the board of several not-for-profits and educational organizations, including STRATCOM Consultation Committee, Creighton University, Fordham Preparatory School, National Italian American Foundation, Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and Boy Scouts of America.

Moglia graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1971, earning dean’s list recognition, and acceptance into Omicron Delta Epsilon (National Economic Honor Society). He went on to receive his Master

of Science degree in education from the University of Delaware in 1974 and holds honorary doctorate degrees from Fordham University (humane letters), Bellevue University (commerce), and Bentley University (commercial science).

Moglia was a football coach for 25 years, but it was certainly not a traditional 25 years. He began his career as a coach for 16 years, moved to the business world for more than 20, and returned back to coaching in 2009.

Before entering the business world, Moglia was a football coach for 16 years where he won two Ivy League championships as the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth (1982-83), set defensive and special teams’ records at Lafayette (1978-80), and turned around two high school programs.

A five-time National Coach of the Year finalist and the 2015 Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year Award winner, Moglia stepped down as the head coach of the Coastal Carolina University football program on Jan. 18, 2019, after more than 25 years as a football coach, including six seasons on the sidelines in Conway, S.C., posting an overall record of 56-22.

He is the real-life inspiration for the Monty Burke book, “4th & Goal: One Man’s Quest to Recapture His Dream,” and garnered national media attention by the likes of Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, FoxSports.com, ESPN Gameday, ESPN.com Grantland Series, Associated Press, 60 Minutes Sports (Showtime), The Sports Network, Yahoo.com, Yahoo!Sports.com, Esquire, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and CNNRadio.com.

Yes, his story of leaving his first love of coaching to enter and later conquer the business world only to return to coaching is interesting. However, what ultimately proved to be the most compelling aspect of the move were the results.

MOGLIA AS A HEAD COACH

The former head coach of the United Football League’s Omaha Nighthawks, Moglia was hired as the head football coach at Coastal Carolina University on Dec. 19, 2011. He concluded his six seasons on the sidelines in Conway with an overall record of 56-22.

Moglia was a national coach of the year finalist in each of his first three seasons — finishing runner-up in 2014, before winning the Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year in his fourth year (2015). He was also the Big South Coach of the Year twice (2012 and 2014) and the American Football Coaches Association Region 2 Coach of the Year once (2014). In 2017, he was inducted into and received the Vince Lombardi Hall of Fame Award for his career. He was also awarded the 2015 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame Humanitarian award.

After a 29-28 overall record, including going just 1-9 versus the two best teams in the Big South, over the five years prior to Moglia, the Chanticleers went a combined 51-15 over his first five years at the helm of the program, including winning four conference championships (2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016*) and qualifying for the NCAA Football Championship Playoffs all five seasons.

During that span, the Chanticleers finished each year ranked in the top 25 nationally and ranked as high as the No. 1 team in the country in both 2014 and 2015.

CCU also won the program’s first-ever postseason game in 2012, won a leaguerecord 12 games and reached the NCAA quarterfinals in 2013, and went on to match both those feats the following season in 2014. The Chants were ranked No. 1 in the FCS for eight straight weeks in 2015 and went 10-2 in 2016, their first year in the transition to the FBS level.

He coached five Walter Payton/FCS National Offensive Player of the Year finalists, four Buck Buchanan/FCS National Defensive Player of the year finalists, 33 AllAmericans, and the 2014 FCS Athletic Director’s Association Top Collegiate Linebacker in Quinn Backus.

While Moglia is like most coaches in putting a true emphasis on the three phases of the game — offense, defense, and special teams — his outside-the-box thinking on how to achieve this goal with his staff was visionary. On that level, he has just one standard “Be A Man” — better known as “BAM” — where his student-athletes are expected to “stand on their own two feet, take responsibility for their actions, always treat others with dignity and respect, and recognize they will live with the consequences of their actions.”

Niccolo Mastromatteo received the 2013 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award and was a postgraduate scholarship recipient; Alex Ross was named 2015 CoSIDA Division I Academic All-America; 10 players earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors; and 14 received a spot on the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

In 2017, Coach Moglia’s program was recognized, along with Northwestern, by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame with 18 players seeking a second degree, the most graduates of any school nationally. Over his tenure, almost 50 players pursued their graduate studies while still eligible.

In his first season in 2012, Moglia led Coastal Carolina to an 8-5 record overall, a 5-1 league mark and a share of the 2012 Big South championship. The Chanticleers earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I FCS Championship, where he directed the program to its first win in the NCAA playoffs and led CCU to a ranking of 24th in both of the final national polls.

Coastal made huge strides across the board in his first season. One of the biggest was Coastal going from 100th nationally in yards penalized and 90th in the number of penalties to leading the Big South and ranking 17th nationally in fewest penalty yards and 18th in fewest penalties per game. Offensively in Moglia’s first year, the team went from 90th to 18th nationally in total offense. While on defense, linebacker Quinn Backus was named an All-American and the Big South Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Coastal’s special teams truly became a weapon, safely converting

five two-point conversions with Niccolo Mastromatteo and Tre Henderson each ranking 13th nationally in punt and kick returns, respectively. A total of 12 all-Big South honors were bestowed upon Moglia’s players in his first season including first-team picks.

His second season was even more spectacular in 2013. The Chanticleers, ranked as high as No. 3 during the season, posted a 12-3 record overall, and went 4-1 in the Big South to win a second Big South title. Coastal won two playoff games, including victories versus No. 12 Bethune-Cookman at home and an improbable 42-35 win at No. 4 Montana before falling to top-ranked North Dakota State in the FCS quarterfinals and finishing ranked seventh in both national polls. At season’s end, CCU set 25 individual and 23 team single-season records while establishing 17 Big South offensive team seasons records.

In 2013, Coastal Carolina defeated four conference champions and was 4-2 against teams in the final national polls. Coastal Carolina led the Big South in 12 categories while ranking among the NCAA FCS top 10 in fewest tackles for loss allowed (1st), fewest blocked punts allowed (t-1st), red zone offense (3rd), third-down conversions (2nd), fourthdown conversions (2nd), scoring offense (5th), first downs (5th), fewest fumbles lost (7th), rushing offense (8th), and passing efficiency (8th).

Individually, Backus not only repeated as the Big South Defensive Player of the Year, but he was also a consensus AllAmerican and a finalist for the Buck Buchanan National Defensive Player of the Year Award. The honors did not stop there. Running back Lorenzo Taliaferro was also a consensus All-American as well as the Big South Offensive Player of the Year, and a finalist for the Walter Payton National Player of the Year Award. Taliaferro and Matt Hazel went on to represent CCU in the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Bowl, both were invited to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, and they became the first pair of Big South teammates to be drafted in the same year – Taliaferro in the fourth round and Hazel in the sixth. In addition, LaDarius Hawthorne was tabbed the Big South Special Teams Player of the Year; Jamey Cheatwood earned All-American honors; Mastromatteo was one of 16 college football players (all divisions) to earn an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame; and a total of 16 Chanticleers earned All-Big South recognition.

Year three was even more impressive. The Chants (12-2, 4-1) won their first 11 games and were ranked No. 1 in the nation the final two weeks of the regular season in 2014. Coastal was a No. 7 national seed, earning a first-round bye to the NCAA FCS Championship and defeated nationally-ranked Richmond to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second-straight season. Coastal led defending and eventual national champion North Dakota State in the fourth quarter before falling to the Bison. Moglia helped CCU establish league records by winning 11-straight games to start the season, winning seven road games in one season and starting a season at least 9-0 in consecutive years. Coastal’s 24 wins in 2013 and 2014 were the second-best total in the nation, trailing only North Dakota State.

In 2015, Coastal won its first eight games and was ranked No. 1 in the nation for eight consecutive weeks. The Chants once again earned a berth to the NCAA postseason and hosted a first-round contest. For this and his many contributions, Moglia won the 2015 Eddie Robinson Award as the nation’s top FCS coach and was selected the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame’s Humanitarian of the Year.

In addition to leading CCU to a No. 1 ranking for eight weeks and his individual honors in 2015, Moglia coached AllAmericans De’Angelo Henderson and Devin Brown, while Alex Ross was named both CoSIDA Academic All-America and American Football Coaches Association All-America. Coastal once again did well in the Big South year-end individual honors as Henderson was the Offense Player of the Year, Brown the Special Teams Player of the Year, and Ross the Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In fact, Ross, who owns nearly every CCU passing and total offense record, became the first Big South player to be a three-time first-team All-Big South selection as well as being the first player to be both a Player of the Year and a Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

The 2016 season was unusual, as Coastal was in the first year in its transition from the FCS to the FBS. The Chants played the season as an FCS independent (not a member of a conference nor eligible for the NCAA postseason) and played a full FCS schedule. Coastal went 10-2, with both losses coming to FCS top 10 programs, and finished the year ranked 18th in the national poll. However, CCU did play most of its previous rivals and went 5-1 versus former league foes to be coconference champions*. Also, with Coastal’s strong resume and being ranked No. 11 in the NCAA’s SRS (a tool to help pick the NCAA field for the national championship), the Chanticleers would make its fifth postseason appearance*.

The 2016 season saw both Henderson (Walter Payton Award) and Alex Scearce (Buck Buchanan Award) be finalists for their respective national Player of the Year honors. Henderson, Scearce and Voghens Larrieux each earned allAmerican honors. Henderson, who set an NCAA Division I record by scoring a touchdown in 35-consecutive games, went on to be a sixth-round pick by the Denver Broncos.

After five seasons on the sidelines at CCU, on July 28, 2017, Moglia announced he would take a five-month medical sabbatical and Jamey Chadwell was named interim head coach. Following a one-year hiatus from the

sidelines in 2017, Moglia resumed his coaching duties on Jan. 5, 2018.

In only their second full season as an FBS and Sun Belt Conference member, the Chanticleers exceeded preseason expectations going 5-7 overall, including posting the program’s first-ever wins over UAB (47-24), Campbell (58-21), Louisiana (30-28), and Georgia State (37-34). The Chants’ offense led the Sun Belt and ranked in the top 25 nationally in rushing yards per game, red zone offense, time of possession, first downs, and both third and fourth-down conversion percentage for much of the season in 2018, and finished the year ranked second in the league and in the top 10 nationally in fewest penalties, fewest penalties per game, and fewest penalty yards.

Three players in Jeffrey Gunter (first team), Massimo Biscardi (third team), and Tarron Jackson (third team) were named Sun Belt All-Conference, while four other Chants in Malcolm Williams, Trey Carter, Silas Kelly, and Connor Kubala earned honorable mention honors. Gunter was recognized as a finalist for the 2018 Blanchard-Rogers Award (South Carolina’s Heisman), an award that goes out to the most outstanding collegiate player of the year that has South Carolina ties by the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame (SCFHOF), while Biscardi was tabbed a semifinalist for the Lou Groza National Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented annually to college football’s top place-kicker.

Moglia, who coached the “Stars Team” at the 2011 Eastham Energy College All-Star Game, coached the Nighthawks in the third year of the UFL’s existence in 2011. Moglia’s team led the UFL in passing offense, sacks, tackles for loss, punt returns, and blocked kicks. Also, the Nighthawks produced the 2011 UFL Defensive Player of the Year, Stuart Schweigert. Moglia joined an elite roster of UFL head coaches including Dennis Green, Jim Fassel, Marty Schottenheimer, and Jerry Glanville.

From 2009-10, Moglia served as executive advisor to the head football coach at the University of Nebraska in preparation for achieving his original lifelong pursuit, being a collegiate head football coach. In his two seasons at Nebraska, the Cornhuskers won two Big 12 North championships and played in the Holiday Bowl each season. In 2010, Cornhusker football student-athletes elected Moglia to receive Nebraska’s prestigious U.S. Grant Sharp Admiral’s Trophy for Leadership and Service.

YEAR-BY-YEAR

HEAD COACHING RECORD AT CCU

YEAR OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD RECORD

2012 8-5

5-1* 2013 12-3 5-1* 2014 12-2 5-1* 2015 9-3 4-2

2016 10-2

– * 2017 medical sabbatical 2018 5-7 2-6

totaLs 56-22 19-11

* conference champions