Joe Moglia is the former head football coach and current executive advisor to the president and chairman emeritus of athletics at Coastal Carolina. During his first five years as the head football coach at Coastal Carolina, he took his team to the national playoffs five times and was Conference Champion four times. His overall record is 56-22 and in his last eleven years of college coaching, he was a part of eight championship teams. He was selected to the Conference All Decade Team and has received multiple coaching honors, including the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year and the Lombardi Award. During Moglia’s last four years as executive director of football, Coastal won 40 games, was invited to four Bowls, and won the Sun Belt Championship.
In the business world, Moglia was at Merrill Lynch for 17 years, before becoming the CEO at TD Ameritrade in 2001. When Joe stepped down in 2008, shareholders enjoyed a 500% return. By the time he stepped down as chairman in 2020, TD Ameritrade’s worth had grown from $700 million to $100 billion, and the company’s client assets from $24 billion to $7 trillion.
Moglia has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and been inducted into 12 Halls of Fame. In 2022, Joe became only the fourth alumnus in the history of Fordham University to receive the University’s three most prestigious awards. He is a member of the National Economics Honor Society and the recipient of three honorary doctorates. 4th and Goal by Monte Burke was written about Moglia’s life.
