Tupelo Thunder Coaches

Buddy Hall
Head Coach, Tupelo Thunder

Coach Hall is a graduate of Booneville High School and played his collegiate baseball at Northeast Mississippi Jr. College. He earned his B.S. degree in Secondary Education from Mississippi State University and his M.A. degree in Educational Leadership from Ole Miss.

Coach Hall began his baseball coaching career at New Albany High School in 1989 serving as assistant coach. In 1990 he was named head coach leading his inaugural squad to a 10-0 division championship and an overall record of 27-4. He posted an overall record of 164 -71 during his eight seasons at New Albany.

Coach Hall has coordinated and instructed at numerous high school and collegiate baseball camps as well as coached competitive USSSA traveling teams, and American Legion teams during the summers. He served as the tryout coordinator for the State Games of Mississippi North Region for several years and coached the North squad in the inaugural State Games held in Meridian. He has co-hosted area high school showcases, and traveled nationally as an instructor with The Baseball Factory.

Coach Hall has served as Board Member for the Northeast Mississippi Coaches Association for Better Baseball for 19 years and Secretary/Treasure for 18 years. In 2005, he was inducted into the NEMCABB Hall of Fame.

Coach Hall served as an assistant coach with the Cotton States Baseball League regular season champion Tallahatchie Rascals is 2009.

He is married to the former Tracy Mayo of New Albany. They have two children Easton and Elleigh.

Timmy Moore
2011 Assistant Coach, Tupelo Thunder

Coach Moore is a graduate of Walnut High School and played his collegiate baseball at Northeast Mississippi Community College. He earned his B.S. degree in Secondary Education at The University of Mississippi.
He began his coaching career at Booneville High School in 1986 as an Assistant Coach to Andy Greening and served as Head Baseball Coach at Booneville from 1987 through 1991. He moved to Corinth High School and worked as an Assistant Coach to John Smillie for the 1992 and 1993 seasons. Moore has been at Walnut High School since 1993, working as Head Baseball Coach for 10 of those years.
A 25 year coaching veteran, Moore has worked as Head Football Coach at Walnut High School for the last 18 years, except for a two year stint at Biggersville from 1999-2000. He was also an Assistant Football Coach while at Booneville and Corinth. He coached in the Mississippi High School All Star Game in 2008.
Moore has served on the NEMCABB Board of Directors and was inducted into the NEMCABB Hall of Fame in 2004.
Coach Moore and his wife Sabrina have two children, Samantha (20), and Peyton (15).