12 Facts About Jerry Moyes

Jerry Moyes is the Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Phoenix-based Swift Transportation, one of the largest trucking companies in the United States.

Jerry Moyes is the controlling owner of SME Steel Contractors Inc, a steel erector company based in Utah, and Texas-based LTL freight carrier Central Freight Lines.

Jerry Moyes was a majority owner of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League before the Coyotes filed bankruptcy and were sold to the NHL in 2009, and the Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League.

Jerry Moyes is a limited partner in the Arizona Diamondbacks, and was once a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns.

Graduate of Weber State College, Jerry Moyes is currently vice president at large of the American Trucking Association and previously served as president of the Arizona Motor Transport Association.

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Jerry Moyes was originally a minority partner in Steve Ellman's ownership group, which bought the Coyotes from Richard Burke in 2001.

Court filings showed Jerry Moyes was never keen to own the Coyotes and had no interest in hockey.

Jerry Moyes acquired control of the club in 2006 after a falling out over a real estate development with former business partner Steve Ellman.

In 2008, Jerry Moyes told Gary Bettman and other league officials that he would stop funding the club.

On May 5,2009, Jerry Moyes put the Coyotes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced a plan to sell the club to Jim Balsillie.

Jerry Moyes was saddled with massive financial losses dating to the time the former Winnipeg Jets moved to Phoenix.

The NHL argued that Jerry Moyes had no right to file because numerous agreements he'd signed with the league in return for financial assistance specifically barred him from filing for bankruptcy.