• 2012 & 2013 Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year Finalist
• 2012 & 2013 Liberty Mutual FCS National Coach of the Year Finalist
• 2012 Big South Coach of the Year

Joe Moglia enters his third season as the Coastal Carolina head coach/executive director for football and first as the chairman of the Coastal Carolina athletic division, serving as the leader for Chanticleer athletics.

He is the real-life inspiration for the Monty Burke book, "4th & Goal: One Man's Quest to Recapture His Dream," and garnered national media attention by the likes of Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, FoxSports.com, ESPN Gameday, ESPN.com Grantland Series, Associated Press, The Sports Network, Yahoo.com, Yahoo!Sports.com, Esquire, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and CNNRadio.com to name a few. Yes, his story of leaving his first love of coaching to enter and later conquer the business world only to return to coaching is interesting. However, what ultimately proved to be the most compelling aspect of the move have been the results.

In his first season, Moglia led Coastal Carolina to an 8-5 record overall, a 5-1 league mark and a share of the 2013 Big South championship. The Chanticleers earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I FCS Championship, directed the program to its first win in the NCAA playoffs and led CCU to a ranking of 24th in both of the final national polls.

His second season was even more spectacular. The Chanticleers, ranked as high as #3 during the season, posted a 12-3 record overall and was 4-1 in the Big South to win a second Big South title. Coastal won two playoff games, including victories versus #12 Bethune-Cookman at home and an improbable 42-35 win at #4 Montana before falling to top-ranked North Dakota State in the FCS quarterfinals and finishing ranked seventh in both national polls. At season's end, the CCU set 25 individual and 23 team single-season records while establishing 17 Big South offensive team seasons records. Namely, the Chants set records for rushing touchdowns, passing touchdowns, total offense, first downs, points scored, total touchdowns, six 50-point games, point after kicks made and third down conversions.

While Moglia is like most coaches in putting a true emphasis on the three phases of the game - offense, defense and special teams, his outside-the-box thinking on how to achieve this goal with his staff is visionary. On that level, his one team rule "Be A Man" ... better known as "BAM" where he simply asks student-athletes to "stand on their own two feet and take responsibility - both good and bad - for their actions."

Coastal made huge strides across the board. One of the biggest was Coastal going from 100th nationally in yards penalized - 90th in number of penalties - to leading the Big South and ranking 17th nationally in fewest penalty yards - 18th in fewest penalties per game. Offensively in Moglia's first year, the team went from 90th to 18th nationally in total offense, while linebacker Quinn Backus was named All-American and Big South Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Coastal's special teams truly became a weapon, safely converting five two-point conversions with Niccolo Mastromatteo and Tre Henderson each ranking 13th nationally in punt and kick returns, respectively.

A total of 12 All-Big South honors were bestowed upon Moglia's players in his first season including first team picks.

In 2013, Coastal Carolina defeated four conference champions, was 4-2 against teams in the final national polls and compiled an 18-4 record spanning their last 22 games, including a 16-1 mark over its last 17 regular-season FCS opponents. Coastal Carolina led the Big South in 12 categories while ranking among the NCAA FCS top 30 in fewest tackles for loss allowed (1st), fewest blocked punts allowed (1st-t), red zone offense (3rd), third down conversions (2nd), fourth down conversions (2nd), scoring offense (5th), first downs (5th), fewest fumbles lost (7th), rushing offense (8th), passing efficiency (8th), total offense (11th), turnovers lost (14th), kickoff return defense (16th), passing yards per completion (18th), punt return defense (20th), completions percentage (22nd), fewest sacks allowed (26th) and blocked kicks (27th).

Individually, Backus not only repeated as Big South Defensive Player of the Year, but he was a consensus All-American and finalist for the Buck Buchanan National Defensive Player of the Year Award. The honors did not stop there. Lorenzo Taliaferro was also a consensus All-American as well as the Big South Offensive Player of the Year and finalist for the Walter Payton National Player of the Year Award. Taliaferro and Matt Hazel went on to represent CCU in the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Bowl while both were invited to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. In addition, LaDarius Hawthorne was tabbed Big South Special Teams Player of the Year, Jamey Cheatwood earned All-American honors, Mastromatteo was one of 16 college football players (all divisions) to earn an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame and a total of 16 Chanticleers earned All-Big South.

The former head coach of the United Football League's Omaha Nighthawks, Moglia was hired as the head football coach at Coastal Carolina University on Dec. 19, 2011 in a press conference held at Adkins Field House.

Moglia, who will begin his 22nd year as a coach in the 2014 season, is also Chairman of the Board for TD Ameritrade, a position he has held since 2008.

Moglia, who coached the "Stars Team" at the 2011 Eastham Energy College All-Star Game, spent this past fall coaching the Nighthawks in the third year of the UFL's existence. Moglia's team led the UFL in passing offense, sacks, tackles-for-loss, punt returns and blocked kicks. Also, the Nighthawks produced the 2011 UFL Defensive Player of the Year, Stuart Schweigert. Moglia joined an elite roster of UFL head coaches including Dennis Green, Jim Fassel, Marty Schottenheimer and Jerry Glanville.

From 2009-10 Moglia served as Executive Advisor to the Head Football Coach at the University of Nebraska in preparation for achieving his original lifelong pursuit, being a collegiate head football coach. In his two seasons at Nebraska, the Cornhuskers won two Big 12 North championships and played in the Holiday Bowl each season. In 2010, Cornhusker football student-athletes elected Moglia to receive Nebraska's prestigious U.S. Grant Sharp Admiral's Trophy for Leadership and Service.

Moglia has been inducted into two high school halls of fame and the Omaha Business Hall of Fame while receiving the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Columbus Citizens Foundation Leadership Award, National Italian American Foundation Special Achievement Award in Business, American Institute for Stuttering Lifetime Achievement Award and National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame's Man of the Year. Moglia is the only person to publish books on both football and investing, including "The Key to Winning Football: The Perimeter Attack Offense" (1981) and "Coach Yourself to Financial Success: Winning the Investment Game" (2005), while contributing to numerous national football coaching journals. He has also been a keynote speaker at the 2011 American Football Coaches Association ("It's About Being a Leader") and 2010 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ("Leadership in a 24/7 Stress Filled Environment").

Moglia served as TD Ameritrade's Chief Executive Officer for seven years (2001-08). Under his leadership, the company had a 500 percent return on investment, and the firm's market cap increased from $700 million to $10 billion. Prior to joining TD Ameritrade, Moglia spent 17 years working with Merrill Lynch (1984-2001).

Before entering the business world, Moglia was a football coach for 16 years. He won two Ivy League championships as defensive coordinator at Dartmouth (1982-83), set defensive and special teams records at Lafayette (1978-80) and turned around two high school programs.

He has served on the board of several not-for-profit and educational organizations, including STRATCOM Consultation Committee, Creighton University, Fordham Preparatory School, National Italian American Foundation, Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Boy Scouts of America.

Moglia graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1971, earning Dean's List recognition and acceptance into Omicron Delta Epsilon (National Economic Honor Society). He went on to receive his Master of Science degree in education from the University of Delaware in 1974 and holds honorary doctorate degrees from Fordham University (Humane Letters) and Bellevue University (Commerce).

Moglia is married to the former Amy Harvey. He has six children: Kelly, Kim, Kara, Kevin, Johnny and Jeff.