Head football coach Joe Moglia to give commencement address at CCU
- Friday, May 4, at 2 p.m. - Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts and University College;
- Friday, May 4, at 6 p.m. - E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration and Spadoni College of Education; and
- Saturday, May 5, at 8:30 a.m. - College of Science
Moglia has been a football coach for 24 years, though it hasn't been a traditional 24 years. He began his career as a coach for 16 years, moved to the business world for more than 20 years, and went back to coaching in 2009.
In his first stint as a coach, he won two Ivy League Championships as the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth, led units that set defense and kicking records at Lafayette, and turned two high school programs around.
Before joining the CCU staff in 2012, he was executive adviser to the head football coach at Nebraska, where he was part of two Holiday Bowls and two Big 12 North Championships. He received the Sharp Trophy for Leadership as voted by the players. In 2011, he was head coach of the Omaha Nighthawks in the United Football League.
In the business world, Moglia entered the MBA Training Program at Merrill Lynch in 1984, where there were 26 trainees, 25 MBAs and one football coach. By 1988, he was Merrill Lynch's number one producer in the world. He became the CEO of TD Ameritrade in 2001. Over the next seven years, shareholders enjoyed a 500 percent return as the firm grew its market cap from $700 million to $10 billion, and today TD Ameritrade has client assets of more than $1.2 trillion. In 2008, after the firm had six record years in a row, Moglia stepped down as CEO and became chairman of the board.
In his first five seasons at CCU, he led his team to the national playoffs five times and was conference champion four times. He has also received multiple Coach of the Year honors, including the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year. He is the recipient of the Vince Lombardi Award and has been inducted into the Lombardi Hall of Fame.
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, the Columbus Citizens Foundation, the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame, and the American Institute for Stuttering. He has also been inducted into six Halls of Fame and is the recipient of three honorary doctorates.
Moglia has had a book written about his life, and he is the only author in the world to have written books on both investing and football.
The commencement ceremony will also include the presentation of awards to outstanding graduates for academic achievement as well as recognition of retiring faculty members. The ceremony will be streamed live at livestream.