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JOE MOGLIA CHAIR OF ATHLETICS/ EXECUTIVE ADVISER FOR THE PRESIDENT Joe Moglia is the chairman of the board at TD Ameritrade, and in 2019, became the chair of athletics and executive adviser to the president at Coastal Carolina University. After more than 25 years as a football coach, on Jan. 18, 2019, Moglia stepped down as the head coach of the Coastal Carolina University football program after six seasons on the sidelines in Conway, S.C., posting an overall record of 56-22. 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 league-record 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. Moglia was named the Big South Conference Coach of the Year twice and the 2014 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year. He was twice named a finalist for the Liberty Mutual FCS National Coach of the Year and was a three-time Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year finalist before winning the award as the nation’s best coach in 2015. A 2017 inductee into the Vince Lombardi Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Vince Lombardi Hall of Fame Award for his career, he was also awarded the 2015 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame Humanitarian award. 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 All-Americans, 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 post-graduate 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. 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. In the business world, he was at Merrill Lynch for 17 years before becoming the CEO at TD Ameritrade in 2001. When Moglia stepped down in 2008, shareholders had enjoyed a 500 percent return. In 2009, he became chairman of the board. Today, TD Ameritrade has client assets of $1.3 trillion and a market cap of $35 billion. When Moglia arrived in 2001, the market cap was $700 million. Moglia has also been inducted into the following Halls of Fame: Vince Lombardi Hall of Fame; National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, Man of the Year; Omaha Business Hall of Fame; Archmere Academy Sports Hall of Fame; Fordham Preparatory School Hall of Honor; Fordham Preparatory Sports Hall of Fame; and the Fordham University Founders Society. He has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Sharp Trophy for Leadership and has been honored by the Columbus Citizens Foundation, the Irish Arts Center, the American Institute for Stuttering, and the Stuttering Association for the Young. He is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and has already had a book written about his life. He is also the only author in the world who has written two books published on both investing and football.
* CCU Football Transition Committee Champions
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