ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, February 11, 1996              TAG: 9602130027
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: C11  EDITION: METRO 
                                             TYPE: NEWS OBIT 
SOURCE: RANDY KING STAFF WRITER 
MEMO: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.

SERVICE SET FOR EX-TECH COACH CONDE

A memorial service will be held today at 2 p.m. at St.Mary's Catholic Church for former Virginia Tech assistant football coach William ``Moon'' Conde.

Conde, 69, died of cancer Friday in Bristol, Va.

Conde was a defensive line coach at Tech under Frank Moseley and Jerry Claiborne from 1959-65. He coached at Kentucky in 1967-68.

The Charleston, W.Va., native played collegiately at Kentucky from 1948-52, helping lead the Wildcats to three major bowl games.

Terry Strock, a current Virginia Tech assistant coach, said Saturday that Conde was beloved in the Tech football community.

``Moon didn't have any boys, so all the players were like sons to him,'' Strock said. ``He was a special guy, the kind of guy you'll never forget.''

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