Coach Mo lures FIU special teams guru

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East Carolina head football coach Scottie Montgomery took the next step in putting together his first-year staff on Saturday, announcing the hiring of one of Conference USA's top special teams coordinators.

Shannon Moore will coach the Pirates' punt, field goal, kickoff, return and coverage units after serving in that same role at Florida International the last two years.

Moore elevated the performance of the Golden Panthers special teams during his tenure in Miami, achieving league-leading statistics in punt return average, blocked kicks and fewest blocked kicks allowed.

His 2015 orchestration of the various aspects of FIU's special teams efforts were reflected in a ranking of No. 14 nationally in overall efficiency.

"Shannon's innovative and fundamentally-sound approach has translated into success for an area we consider to be an extremely integral part of our program," Montgomery said in a news release. "His thoroughness in preparation, game-planning and coaching all phases of special teams is a contagious quality that is quite visible in person and in the results he's achieved."

Prior to joining the Golden Panthers, Moore spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at South Dakota State.

Moore joins six previously-announced staff hires since Montgomery's appointment to succeed Ruffin McNeill as head coach of the Pirates:

• Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tony Petersen (previously served in that same capacity at Louisiana Tech)

• Defensive coordinator Kenwick Thompson (previously served as Vanderbilt associate head coach and linebackers coach)

• Defensive line coach Deke Adams (previously served in the same role at South Carolina)

• Wide receivers coach Phil McGeoghan (previously served in the same role for the Miami Dolphins)

• Secondary coach Rick Smith (previously served as defensive coordinator and secondary coach on former ECU coach Ruffin McNeill's staff)

• Assistant athletics director for football operations Terrell Smith (previously served as director of football operations at Duke)

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