Wazzu Brew 12/15: A New Era Is Here

Moore Signs On To Take Over Cougs Football Program

December 15, 2025

The Official Newsletter for Washington State Athletics, presented by BECU

Good Morning, Wazzu Fam. It’s a great to be a Coug!

Thrilled to have Coach Moore back in his home state!

What all do we have in today’s Brew? Check it out below.

🏈 A New Era Is Here
⚽️ Welcome To The Fam
🙌 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 A New Era Is Here. A native son of Washington is coming back to his home state.

Growing up about 150 miles away, Kirby Moore knows all about the Cougar football program. Now, he’ll be leading the way for Wazzu.

On Friday, WSU Interim Director of Athletics Jon Haarlow announced that Moore as the new Cougars’ Head Football Coach. He agreed in principle to a five-year contract and becomes the 36th head football coach in program history.

Moore has strong ties to eastern Washington, having grown up in Prosser, Wash., where his father, Tom, was a legendary football coach at Prosser High School. He has spent the past three seasons serving as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at the University of Missouri for Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz.

A formal press conference introducing Moore will be held tomorrow, Dec. 16 at 1 pm PT.

Cougs Fans, we’re excited to share an exclusive offer for the WSU community.

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🔼 Welcome To The Fam. Coach Moore isn’t the only new leader for the Cougs as Chris Citowicki was tabbed to take over the reins of the WSU Soccer program, also on Friday.

Citowicki becomes the eighth head coach in program history after spending the last eight seasons as the head coach at Montana. In 2025, the Griz swept the Big Sky Conference regular season and tournament championships, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time under Citowicki.

"I have been a fan of the Washington State program for a long time," said Citowicki. "To have the opportunity to step into that setting and represent WSU and Coug nation is a huge honor. The family and I cannot wait to move to Pullman and get started!"

Citowicki arrived in Montana in May 2018 and led the Griz to nine Big Sky Championships, including three-consecutive regular-season titles and capped with the 2025 Big Sky Tournament Championship. The 2023 Big Sky Coach of the Year, Citowicki finished at Montana with a 79-39-32 record and four NCAA postseason appearances.

🔼 See Ya Next Year! A small group of Cougs traveled to Spokane over the weekend to wrap up the 2025 portion of the WSU Track & Field scheduled at the Spokane Invitational.

Highlighting the weekend was Lindsay Siebert, who took home the top spot in the 800-meter race, with a personal best of 2:19.45.

Make your money work for you and your community.

🤔 COUGAR TRIVIA

Which current NFL starting QB did Coach Moore help mentor during his time at Mizzou?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

*all times PT

Tuesday, December 16th
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Seton Hall @ 4:30pm PT

Wednesday, December 17th
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Eastern Washington @ 7pm PT
(509 Classic - Spokane, Wash.)

Friday, December 19th
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Penn @ 8am PT

Saturday, December 20th
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Mercer @ 2pm PT

Monday, December 22nd
🏈 Football vs. Utah State @ 11am PT l ESPN
(Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Boise, Idaho)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Brady Cook (rookie made his first NFL start with NY Jets yesterday)

👏 Have a great one!