Brent Moseley: Starr's Mill High School
Moseley was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame in 2021.
Bio updated 9/5/2024
Brent Moseley says he doesn’t like to bore with how he ended up in the coaching profession.
“I had graduated from Jacksonville State in December and my wife and I were getting married a few months later,” he said. “So, I needed a job and I was working the ramp (at the airport) for Delta and I got a call one day from my old high school coach, Coach (Sam) Riddle. He called me and asked, ‘Boy, do you want to coach or not?’ Come up here to (Fayette County High) and meet Coach (Clint) Burton. So, I did that and the rest is history.”
After a short stint as an assistant at Fayette County High, Moseley landed at Fayette County’s newest high school – Starr’s Mill -- in 1997.
The only head baseball coach the school has ever known, Moseley was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021.
“I know everybody says it’s extremely humbling,” Moseley said. “It really is. When they tell you you’re going in, it’s like one of those wow moments. I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of good players and parents as well as a strong booster club. They built the foundation we have at Starr’s Mill.”
After playing high school at McIntosh, Moseley went to Jacksonville (Ala.) State where he played one season before his playing career ended. After his conversation with Riddle, Moseley was hired at Fayette County in 1994 and he was an assistant baseball and football coach until 1997.
In 28 seasons, Moseley holds a career record of 540-228 with 10 region titles, 17 state playoff appearances, eight quarterfinal trips, four semifinal appearances and a state runner-up finish in 2009 when his Panthers lost to Northgate in three games in the Class 4A state championship series.
In 2021, Moseley guided Starr's Mill to its first state baseball championship when it swept Loganville for the Class 5A title. Hie guided Starr's Mill to another state title in 2o024.
He has helped get more than 60 players into college and nine into the pros.
Moseley is still an “old-school” coach who doesn’t allow his players to have long hair or not be clean-shaven. He said he’s also big on making sure players wear their shirts tucked in, and they take their hats off when they go inside.
“He is a coach with a lot of character and ethics,” said Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame member David McDonald. “He does things the right way. He genuinely cares about his players whether they are at Starr’s Mill or they are playing for Team Georgia. And college coaches think a lot of him. When he gives them a recommendation on a player, they know to take it serious. He is that kind of a coach.”
While Moseley said he was humbled to be part of GDC Hall of Fame, he knows where his support comes from.
“I’ve been blessed to have had a lot of good players,” he said. “I tell my players this all the time. If you don’t have good players, nobody will have ever heard of Brent Moseley.”