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| Mesabi Range College | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head Coach |
| League | NJCAA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 11, 1980 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | North (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| College | Wisconsin (1998–2002) |
| WNBA draft | 2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall |
| Selected by the Miami Sol | |
| Playing career | 2002–2007 |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2002 | Miami Sol |
| 2002 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2003 | Detroit Shock |
| 2003–2004 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2005 | New York Liberty |
| 2006 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2007 | Houston Comets |
| ?–? | Hapoel Haifa/ Motzkin |
| ?–? | Maccabi Ramat Hen |
| ?–? | Saint-Amand Hainaut |
| ?–? | Maccabi Bnot Ashdod |
| ?–? | Elitzur Ramla |
| As coach: | |
| 2020–present | Mesabi Range College |
| 2022-present | Boston Celtics (summer league assistant) |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
Tamara Tenell Moore (born April 11, 1980, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is the current men's basketball head coach at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota and an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics 2022 Summer League team. Moore was a professional basketball player who competed in the WNBA and Europe, and is the only female head coach of a collegiate men's basketball team. [1]
Moore played for Minneapolis North High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was named a 1998 WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored thirteen points. [2] Graduating from Minneapolis North in 1998, Moore guided the Lady Polars to a state championship and was named Minnesota Miss Basketball. [3] [4]
Moore attended college at University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated in 2002. She was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2001. Moore ended her Badgers career playing every game over four years, including two WNIT and two NCAA Tournaments. She finished as the school all-time leader in steals and assists. [5] Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2002 WNBA Draft by the Miami Sol. She was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017
Moore has coached high school girls basketball in Minneapolis. Moore became the second female head coach of a men's team after Kerri-Ann McTiernan coached Kingsborough Community College in the 1990s. She became the 1st African-American female to accomplish the title. [6]
In 2014-2015 she was involved with the short-lived Minnesota Flame semi-pro club. In April 2020, she was hired as the men's basketball and softball coach at Mesabi Range College.
On July 1, 2022, Moore announced via Twitter that she would be an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics 2022 Summer League season. [7]
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career high | ° | League leader | ||||
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Miami | 5 | 3 | 16.6 | .320 | .222 | 1.000 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Minnesota | 26 | 20 | 25.1 | .366 | .382 | .830 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 7.5 |
| 2003 | Detroit | 15 | 0 | 4.4 | .500 | .000 | .833 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | Phoenix | 11 | 0 | 10.0 | .423 | .000 | .846 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | Phoenix | 32 | 0 | 12.1 | .443 | .300 | .862 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | New York | 7 | 0 | 6.9 | .667 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | Los Angeles | 34 | 33 | 18.7 | .469 | .347 | .803 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| 2007 | Houston | 15 | 9 | 19.3 | .368 | .267 | 1.000 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| Career | 6 years, 7 teams | 89 | 89 | 33.4 | .478 | .329 | .826 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 14.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | 21.8 | .526 | .667 | .636 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 4 | 4 | 21.8 | .526 | .667 | .636 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | Wisconsin | 32 | 347 | .443 | .339 | .811 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 10.8 |
| 1999–00 | Wisconsin | 33 | 445 | .462 | .348 | .770 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 13.5 |
| 2000–01 | Wisconsin | 28 | 354 | .450 | .339 | .730 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 12.6 |
| 2001–02 | Wisconsin | 31 | 516 | .492 | .363 | .833 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 16.6 |
| Career | 124 | 1,662 | .464 | .351 | .783 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 13.4 |
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