Legendary NFL coach retires at age 87

One of the most respected assistant coaches in NFL history has decided to call it a career after nearly five decades in the league.

Tom Moore, who has been a senior offensive consultant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since 2019, is retiring. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reported on Thursday that Moore is walking away after 46 seasons of coaching in the NFL.

The 87-year-old Moore landed his first NFL assistant job as a wide receivers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1977. He had been an assistant with several different college programs before that and has a total of 62 years of experience.

Tom Moore will be forever linked to Peyton Manning

Most people are familiar with Moore because of his successful tenure as the offensive coordinator of the Indianapolis Colts. Moore was hired as the OC of the Colts in 1998, which was the year the team drafted Peyton Manning first overall. Moore remained with the Colts for 13 years and helped the team win a Super Bowl in 2007.

With Moore's help, Manning and the Colts offense set numerous NFL records. Manning threw 49 touchdown passes in 2004, which stood as a single-season record until Tom Brady threw 50 in 2007. Manning then took the record back with 55 touchdown passes when he was with the Denver Broncos in 2013.

Moore flirted with retirement after the 2008 season, but he ultimately decided to remain with Indy as a senior offensive coordinator and consultant. He went on to work as a consultant for several other teams after leaving the Colts in 2010.

It would be difficult to find an assistant coach who had a better NFL career than Moore's. In addition to winning a Super Bowl with the Colts, Moore was also part of two championship teams in Pittsburgh and won a fourth title with the Tom Brady-led Buccaneers in 2020.