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.
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. He had a significant knee injury going into his senior season and actually then began coaching as a student assistant coach before going on to become a graduate assistant coach. 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.https://hardingsports.com/sports/football/roster/gail-mote/10711https://hardingsports.com/sports/football/roster/1959https://www.newsandsentinel.com/sports/local-sports/2023/12/st-marys-grad-roddy-mote-grateful-for-hardings-national-title/
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.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-coordinatorhttps://digital.harding.edu/yearbooks/2000-01/2001yearbook/144/#zoom=true
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External links Harding profile