Roddy Mote

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Roddy Mote
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Harding
Conference GAC
Record0–0
Playing career
1984–1987 Harding
Positions Quarterback, Running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988 Harding (GA)
1989The Colony (TX) High School (asst.)
1990Goodpasture Academy (TN) (asst.)
1991–1993Greater Atlanta Christian (asst.)
1994–1999Harding (RB)
2001–2004Harding (DB)
2005–2007 Harding Academy (AR) (Asst.)
2008–2015Harding Academy (AR)
2016Harding (LB)
2017–2025Harding (DC/LB)
2026–presentHarding
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2000 Harding (asst. Dean of Students)
Head coaching record
Overall0–0 (college)
93–12 (high school)

Roddy Mote is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, a position he has held since January 6, 2026. [1]

Mote was a 3-year letterman for the Harding Bisons as a triple option quarterback and running back in the 1980s. He was a legacy Bison player, as his father and uncle were primary Harding football players in the late 1950s and the 1960s. His uncle Jerry Mote was a long-time player and assistant at Harding and then head coach at Searcy High School. His father Gail Mote was a Harding fullback and cornerback, and was the long-time head coach at St. Marys, West Virginia, where Roddy Mote was an All-State player for his father. [2] [3] [4]

Mote won two state championships as head coach at Harding Academy in Searcy, Arkansas, before becoming the defensive coordinator for the NCAA Division II Harding Bisons. He was a top coordinator for the 2023 D2 national championship team and the 2025 national championship runner up. [5] [6]

References

  1. "Building on a Legacy of Excellence: Mote Promoted to Head Coach, Simmons Named General Manager".
  2. https://hardingsports.com/sports/football/roster/gail-mote/10711
  3. https://hardingsports.com/sports/football/roster/1959
  4. https://www.newsandsentinel.com/sports/local-sports/2023/12/st-marys-grad-roddy-mote-grateful-for-hardings-national-title/
  5. https://footballscoop.com/2026/01/06/paul-simmons-shifting-to-gm-role-for-harding-football-program-while-roddy-mote-takes-over-as-head-coach-defensive-coordinator
  6. https://digital.harding.edu/yearbooks/2000-01/2001yearbook/144/#zoom=true