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Current home: Washington, D.C.
Current job: Dean of Students and quarterbacks coach at St. Alban’s School for Boys. This will be Moore’s fourth year in that position.
Family: Son, Michael, turns 16 next month. Michael is a tight end and defensive end at DeMatha High in Hyattsville, Md. Shawn says Michael is 6’4″, 240 pounds and not a bad player. “He’s a typical 15-year-old, thinks he knows everything,” Moore said with a laugh.
At Virginia: 1986-1990 seasons. From Martinsville, Moore earned a degree in psychology and played his final year as a graduate student. On the field, he was pretty remarkable. A three-year starter, Moore passed for more than 2,000 yards each season and finished his career with 6,629 yards. He threw for 55 touchdowns. He was the ACC Player of the Year and an All-American in 1990 when he threw for 2,262 yards with 21 touchdowns and only eight interceptions. He rushed for 306 yards and eight more touchdowns. He led the nation in passing efficiency. Moore was fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He was the inaugural winner of the “Bullet” Bill Dudley Award, symbolic of the player of the year in the state.
Nicknames: Denti. “They got it from the dumb commercial for Dinty Moore Beef Stew,” Moore explained, “and they spelled it wrong. They still call me that today. Marcus Wilson gave it to me and it just stuck with me.”
Best Virginia moment: “After graduating, I would have to say it would have been the 1989 ACC Championship season. We got dismantled by Notre Dame but we went to Penn State the following week and beat a Top 10 team in Happy Valley. We knew it could be a special year.”
Least favorite Virginia moment: “Definitely the loss in 1990 to Georgia Tech. It took all the air out of the balloon for us. The entire campus, entire program, entire alumni base, was on a complete high. We were ranked No. 1. To lose that game at the end on a field goal – it definitely stands out as one of the low points. Everyone thought if we had won that game, we would have gone on and won the National Championship. We’d still be talking about that ’90 team today.”
Favorite Charlottesville restaurant/hangout: “Littlejohn’s was my spot. Still is today when I go to Charlottesville. My first stop or my last stop is always there.”
Last time back on Grounds: Moore is a frequent visitor as part of the pregame radio show, though he doesn’t get to every game in person because St. Alban’s plays on Saturdays. “I was just down there a couple of weeks ago, though I can’t remember what for right now,” Moore said.
Teammates you stay in touch with most: “Chris Slade and I talk every day. He’s kind of like my little brother at school. Dave Brown, a running back from Tidewater, we talk every day. Those are mainly the two I talk to daily. I talk to Ray Roberts once a month. Mark Cooke, he and I talk about once a week.”
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