{"id":7602,"date":"2025-04-06T19:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:39:34","slug":"dave-moore-back-on-track-for-princeton-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7602","title":{"rendered":"Dave Moore back on track for Princeton – Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"


Dave Moore, formerly head football coach at Princeton and Bureau Valley, and head track coach with the Storm, has taken over as the new head track coach for the Tigers. <\/span>(Kevin Hieronymus)
Princeton athletic director Jeff Ohlson didn\u2019t have to turn far to find a new boys track coach.
In fact, he knew right were to look.
Dave Moore, who had a run of success as both the track and field and football coach at neighbor Bureau Valley, has taken over the reins of the Tigers’ boys track program. He succeeds Dan Foes, who retired after 19 years.
\u201cI always said I\u2019d do track longer than I\u2019d do football. I really missed it. It\u2019s one of the first things when I went to Manlius and first started started teaching (in 1986),\u201d Moore said.
\u201cI asked my wife (Judy) and she said, \u2018I don\u2019t care.’ She loves track as much as I do. It\u2019s just something I wanted to do (again), and I never really had the chance to do it. There\u2018s something about going to Eastern (Illinois University for state) with those kids. We\u2019ll see how it goes this year. I still have a lot of relationships with the football kids.\u201d
\u201cI always said I\u2019d do track longer than I\u2019d do football. I really missed it.\u201d
Ohlson, who succeeded Moore as head football coach at Bureau Valley, has worked closely with Moore at both schools and knew he was just what the Tigers needed.
\u201cWe are super excited to get someone of Coach Moore\u2019s experience and expertise. I know he will do a great job,\u201d he said.
Moore did junior high track for two years at Manlius and then teamed with Kenny Bourquin, his future father-in-law, and Don Wallace, when Manlius co-oped with Tampico. He said he learned a lot from those two.
He succeeded Bourquin as head track coach when he retired after the 1997 school year and coached through the 2008 season. The Storm won sectional titles in 2001 and 2005 for Moore with 26 state medalists, including two state champions: Mike Behrens in discus (2001) and Jason Bill in the 1600 (2002).
PHS junior sprinter Casey Etheridge for one said it\u2019s great to have Moore taking over.
\u201cI asked my dad (Scott) how much experience coach Moore has and he\u2019s like, \u2018He\u2019s probably has way more than you\u2019ve been alive,\u2018 \u201d he said about his father, who had Moore as coach when he was at Tampico. \u201cIt\u2019s awesome having him and you can tell he\u2019s an experienced (coach). And having an experience coach, you can put your trust in them and get you to the next level.\u201d
Moore, who won a state football championship at Bureau Valley in 2005, took over as head football coach at Princeton from 2008-11. He still has a footprint in the Tigers’ program helping out as an assistant.
He is the only person to be head track coach at both Princeton and Bureau Valley, as well as the only one to serve as head football coach at both schools.
Moore said he had about 40 kids turn out for the initial meeting in February. The Tigers ran their first indoor meet Tuesday in Sterling.
During Foes’ 19-year tenure, the Tigers’ track team won two sectionals, two Three Rivers Conference championships and had at least one state qualifier every year.
\u201cHe\u2019s had some real good success, especially when he had Teegan (Davis), Payne (Miller), Bennett (Wlliams) and all those other guys,\u201d Moore said. \u201cThe cupboard isn\u2019t really bare right now. I\u2019ve got Cade Odell and Ian Morris both coming back. Got a lot of young kids.\u201d
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Dave Moore, formerly head football coach at Princeton and Bureau Valley, and head track coach with the Storm, has taken over as the new head track coach for the Tigers. (Kevin Hieronymus)Princeton athletic director Jeff Ohlson didn\u2019t have to turn far to find a new boys track coach. In fact, he knew right were to look. Dave Moore, who had<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t