
Rob Moore
Wide Receivers
Biography
Rob Moore is in his third season with the Carolina Panthers as wide receivers coach. Moore brings more than 20 years of NFL experience, both as a player (1990-2001) and a coach (2013-present).
Rob Moore is in his third season with the Carolina Panthers as wide receivers coach. Moore brings more than 20 years of NFL experience, both as a player (1990-2001) and a coach (2013-present).
During the 2025 season, Moore oversaw the development of rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, who earned Associated Press Rookie of the Year honors after leading all rookie receivers with 1,014 receiving yards and totaling the third most receptions among rookies with 70. McMillan's 27 explosive receptions (16+ yards) were the most explosive receptions and explosive plays by any rookie in the NFL in 2025. Moore continued to coach wide receiver Jalen Coker, who logged a 76.7% reception percentage in his second NFL season, the fourth best among wide receivers with at least 40 targets. Coker is just one of three Panthers wide receivers since 2009 to notch a reception percentage of 75% or more in a single season, joining Adam Thielen (2023-24) and Curtis Samuel (2020).
In his first season with Carolina (2024), the Panthers were the only team in the NFL with three players in the top 15 of rookies receiving yards with efforts from wide receivers Xavier Legette (497) and undrafted Jalen Coker (478). Under Moore's guidance and development, Coker led all undrafted players in the NFL in catches (32), receiving yards (478) and receiving touchdowns(two) while setting franchise records in those categories.
While with the Titans (2023), wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins recorded 75 receptions for 1,057 yards (14.1 avg.), the most he has posted in a season since 2020.
In 2022, rookie wide receiver Treylon Burks ranked ninth among NFL rookies with 444 receiving yards on 33 catches. Wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine recorded a career-high 13 starts, while wide receiver Robert Woods came back from a knee injury to lead the team with 53 catches and 527 yards in his first season in Tennessee.
Under Moore's tutelage from 2019 to 2021, wide receiver A.J. Brown led the Titans with 185 receptions, 2,995 receiving yards, a 16.2-yard receiving average and 24 touchdown catches. Since 1970, Brown was only the fourth NFL player to reach all of those numbers within his first three seasons, joining Randy Moss, Jerry Rice and John Jefferson. During those three seasons, Brown ranked seventh in the NFL in receiving average and tied for 10th in touchdown catches.In 2021, Brown posted a team-best 63 receptions, 869 receiving yards and five touchdown catches, becoming the first player in franchise history to begin his career with at least 50 receptions and five touchdown receptions in three consecutive seasons.
In 2020, Brown was selected to his first Pro Bowl after leading the team with 70 receptions, 1,075 receiving yards and 11 touchdown catches in 14 games, tied for fifth place in the NFL in touchdown receptions. Additionally, wide receiver Corey Davis set career-highs with 984 receiving yards and five touchdowns and tied his career-high with 65 catches.
In 2019, the Titans offense ranked fourth in the NFL in yards per play (6.12) and first in red zone efficiency (75.6 percent) as Moore helped Brown, a second-round draft pick, lead the 2019 rookie class in receiving yards (1,051), tied for the rookie lead in touchdown receptions (eight)and ranked fifth among rookies in receptions (52). Brown also finished second among all players in receiving average (20.2).
Moore oversaw the development of a young group in 2018 that included Davis, as the second-year receiver led the offense with 65 receptions, 891 receiving yards and four touchdowns, marking dramatic increases from his rookie campaign (34 catches for 375 yards). His yardage total ranked ninth among all AFC wide receivers.
Prior to arriving in Tennessee, Moore spent three seasons (2015-17) as the Oakland Raiders wide receivers coach. In Oakland, he worked with wide receivers Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree, who combined for 435 receptions, 5,446 receiving yards, 43 touchdowns and 17 100-yard games during their three seasons together. With seven touchdowns by Cooper and eight from Crabtree in 2017, the two became the first pair of Raiders teammates since Tim Brown and Rick Dudley (1997-99) to have at least five touchdown receptions apiece in three consecutive seasons. In 2016, Cooper (1,153 yards) and Crabtree (1,003) became the first pair of Raiders wide receivers to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in the same season since 2001. Cooper became only the third player in NFL history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards and 70 receptions in each of his first two seasons (2015-16) in the league, joining Odell Beckham Jr. and Marques Colston.
In his first season in Oakland (2015), Moore was charged with overseeing the rookie development of Cooper, who would set franchise rookie records for receptions (72), receiving yards (1,070) and 100-yard games (five).
After coaching five seasons at the collegiate level, Moore joined the Buffalo Bills in 2014 to help mentor a youthful wide receiving corps. Moore helped rookie Sammy Watkins, the team's fourth-overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, total 65 receptions for 982 yards and six touchdowns, setting the team's rookie records for receptions and yards. Second-year receiver Robert Woods set personal bests with 65 catches for 699 yards and five touchdowns, while another young receiver, Chris Hogan, set career-highs with 41 receptions, 426 yards and four touchdowns.
As wide receivers coach for four years at his alma mater Syracuse (2010-13), Moore helped the Orange to three bowl victories. Under his tutelage, wide receiver Alec Lemon finished his career ranked first in the Orange record books for all-time receptions (201) and second in all-time receiving yards (1,780).
Moore began his coaching career at Montclair (N.J.) High School (2002- 03), working with wide receivers, and in 2009, he became the wide receivers coach for Phoenix (Ariz.) Junior College. He also spent time working as a consultant for Protect Management and Athlete's Performance, training athletes for the NFL Draft, such as future draft picks Robert Meachem, Dwayne Bowe, Vernon Davis, Golden Tate and Arrelious Benn.
Moore played 12 years as a wide receiver in the NFL after being selected by the New York Jets in the first round of the 1990 Supplemental Draft, including five seasons with the Jets (1990-94) and seven with the Cardinals (1995-2001). His career totals included 153 games (146 starts), 628 receptions, 9,368 receiving yards and 49 touchdowns. He was named to the Pro Bowl following the 1994 and 1997 campaigns, the latter of which he led the NFL with 1,584 receiving yards en route to being named All-Pro.
A native of Hempstead, N.Y., Moore played collegiately at Syracuse (1987-89), starting all three seasons. He set team records for receiving yards per game (75.8) and career touchdown receptions (22) while going to three consecutive bowl games. He was a member of Syracuse's undefeated (11-0-1) team in 1987. In 1999, he was named to Syracuse's All-Century Team.
He is married to Candice and has five children – son Satchel and daughters, Dakota, Savoy, Meadow and Charlie.
Playing Career:
- 1987-89 | Syracuse
- 1990-94 | New York Jets
- 1995-2001 | Arizona Cardinals
Coaching Career:
- 2002-03 | Montclair HS (N.J.) - Wide Receivers
- 2009 | Phoenix Junior College - Wide Receivers
- 2010-13 | Syracuse - Wide Receivers
- 2014 | Buffalo Bills - Wide Receivers
- 2015-17 | Oakland Raiders - Wide Receivers
- 2018-23 | Tennessee Titans - Wide Receivers
- 2024-present | Carolina Panthers - Wide Receivers