Wes Moore (basketball)

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Wes Moore
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team NC State
Conference ACC
Record271–88 (.755)
Biographical details
Born (1957-04-22) April 22, 1957 (age 67)
Texas City, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1987 Johnson Bible (men's assistant)
1987–1993 Maryville
1993–1995 NC State (assistant)
1995–1998 Francis Marion
1998–2013 Chattanooga
2013–presentNC State
Head coaching record
Overall831–257 (.764)
Tournaments
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 3× Converse/WBCA District 5 Division III Coach of the Year (1990, 1993, 1994)
  • Peach Belt Coach of the Year (1997)
  • 6× SoCon Coach of the Year (2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013)
  • 3× ACC Coach of the Year (2017, 2021, 2022)
  • WBCA National Coach of the Year (2021)

Frank Weston Moore (born April 22, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who is the current women's basketball head coach at NC State. A head coach at all three levels of NCAA women's college basketball since 1987, Moore has been named Coach of the Year eight times by three conferences and over 20 regular season or conference tournament championships.

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Moore grew up in Dallas and played college basketball at Johnson Bible College. He began his coaching career as a men's basketball coach at Johnson Bible in 1984. Then in 1987, Moore became head coach for a struggling women's basketball program at Maryville College and instantly turned the program into a winner, with five NCAA Division III Tournament appearances and over 130 wins in six seasons. The Women's Basketball Coaches Association awarded Moore three regional Coach of the Year honors.

From 1993 to 1995, Moore was a women's basketball assistant coach at NC State under Kay Yow. Then from 1995 to 1998, Moore was head coach at Francis Marion, where he achieved an appearance in the 1998 NCAA Division II Final Four. In his first NCAA Division I head coaching position, Moore was head coach at Chattanooga from 1998 to 2013, during which he led the Mocs to 12 Southern Conference (SoCon) regular season championships and nine NCAA Division I Tournament appearances. With over 350 wins at Chattanooga, Moore has the most career wins in program history and won five Coach of the Year honors from the SoCon.

Moore returned to NC State in 2013, this time as head coach. In his first seven seasons, Moore led NC State to four NCAA Tournament appearances and the 2020, 2021 and 2022 ACC Tournament titles. He was the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coach of the Year in women's basketball in 2017 and 2022.

Early life and education

Born in Texas City, Texas, Moore grew up in Dallas. [1] [2] At Johnson Bible College (now Johnson University) in Knoxville, Tennessee, Moore played at point guard and graduated in 1984 with a degree in religious studies. [1] Moore then enrolled at the University of Tennessee, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1986 and master's in the same subject in 1987. [1]

Coaching career

Early coaching career (1984–1995)

From 1984 to 1987, Moore was a men's basketball assistant coach at Johnson Bible College. [3]

After completing graduate school, Moore became women's basketball head coach at Maryville College in 1987. [3] Moore inherited a Maryville team that won only a single game the previous season. [4] He immediately turned around the program to a 15–12 record in his debut season and would have winning records in all of his six seasons as head coach, with five straight appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament from 1989 to 1993 and three Converse/Women's Basketball Coaches Association District 5 Coach of the Year honors in 1990, 1992, and 1993. [3] Moore's cumulative record at Maryville was 131–36. [5]

From 1993 to 1995, Moore was an assistant coach for NC State women's basketball under Kay Yow. During those two seasons, NC State went 34–24 and qualified for the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division I Tournament. Moore also directed Yow's basketball camp in the summer of 1994. [3]

Francis Marion (1995–1998)

In his second head coaching job, Moore was head women's basketball coach at Francis Marion College from 1995 to 1998, during which he went 69–20. Following a 21–8 season in 1996–97, Moore was the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year. The 1997–98 Francis Marion team finished 30–3, advanced to the Final Four round of the 1998 NCAA Division II Tournament, and was ranked fifth in the final coaches' poll. [3]

Chattanooga (1998–2013)

In 1998, Moore took his first NCAA Division I head coaching job at Chattanooga. After a 10–17 debut season, Moore led Chattanooga to the Southern Conference regular season title and Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) appearance in 1999–2000. [3] Moore served as head coach at Chattanooga for 15 seasons and ended his tenure there with the most career wins in program history at 358. [3]

In the 2003–04 season, Chattanooga set a school record for wins with a 29–3 record and had a historically best 27-game winning streak that included an NCAA tournament first round win over Rutgers. [3]

On April 26, 2010, Moore accepted a job offer to be head coach at East Carolina. [6] However, three days later, Moore reversed his decision in order to stay at Chattanooga. [7]

Under Moore, Chattanooga won 12 SoCon regular season titles, including 11 straight from 2000 to 2010 and in his final season in 2013. Chattanooga also won nine SoCon Tournament titles (2001–04, 2006–08, 2010, and 2013) and appeared as an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament in those years. Moore won six SoCon Coach of the Year honors in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2013. [3] Chattanooga also had four WNIT appearances in 2000, 2005, 2009, and 2012. [3]

NC State (2013–present)

On April 5, 2013, Moore resigned from Chattanooga to become head coach at NC State, 20 years after he first was an assistant coach there. [8] In Moore's debut season, NC State finished 25–8 and fourth in the ACC standings with an appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. [8] Then in 2014–15, NC State finished 18–15 and advanced to the third round of the WNIT. [9] The 2015–16 team finished 20–11 with no postseason tournament appearance. [10]

In 2016–17, NC State improved to 23–9 and appeared in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The ACC named Moore Coach of the Year in women's basketball on March 1, 2017. [8]

Appearing in that round for the first time since 2007, NC State qualified for the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 2018 and 2019. [8]

In the 2019–20 season, NC State finished 29–4 and won the ACC tournament for the program's first conference tournament title since 1991. [8] However, due to COVID-19, the 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled.

Moore's 2020-2021 NC State continued the success of the previous seasons success by repeating as ACC tournament champions, and earning road wins against two teams ranked No. 1 in the regular season (South Carolina and Louisville). The Wolfpack earned a top seed in the 2021 NCAA tournament, a program first.

Through the 2019–20 season, Moore had a 168–62 overall record including 77–37 in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play, with five NCAA Division I Tournament appearances. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Maryville Scots (NCAA Division III independent)(1987–1993)
1987–88Maryville 15–12
1988–89Maryville 23–6NCAA Division III First Round [11]
1989–90Maryville 23–5NCAA Division III Sweet 16 [12]
1990–91Maryville 23–6NCAA Division III Sweet 16 [13]
1991–92Maryville 24–4NCAA Division III First Round [14]
1992–93Maryville 23–3NCAA Division III Sweet 16 [15]
Maryville:131–36 (.784)
Francis Marion Patriots (Peach Belt Conference)(1995–1998)
1995–96Francis Marion 18–913–5 [16] 2nd
1996–97Francis Marion 21–814–4 [16] 2ndNCAA Division II Second Round
1997–98Francis Marion 30–315–1 [16] 1st (North)NCAA Division II Final Four
Francis Marion:69–20 (.775)
Chattanooga Lady Mocs (Southern Conference)(1998–2013)
1998–99Chattanooga 10–178–10T–7th
1999–00Chattanooga 26–517–11st WNIT Second Round
2000–01Chattanooga 24–715–3T–1st NCAA First Round
2001–02Chattanooga 23–814–4T–1st NCAA First Round
2002–03Chattanooga 26–516–21st NCAA First Round
2003–04Chattanooga 29–320–01st NCAA Second Round
2004–05Chattanooga 25–519–11st WNIT Second Round
2005–06Chattanooga 27–418–01st NCAA First Round
2006–07Chattanooga 25–815–3T–1st NCAA First Round
2007–08Chattanooga 29–418–01st NCAA First Round
2008–09Chattanooga 22–1017–31st WNIT First Round
2009–10 Chattanooga 24–916–41st NCAA First Round
2010–11Chattanooga 17–1413–73rd
2011–12Chattanooga 22–1016–43rd WNIT First Round
2012–13 Chattanooga 29–419–11st NCAA First Round
Chattanooga:358–113 (.760)222–42 (.841)
NC State Wolfpack (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2013–present)
2013–14 NC State 25–811–54th NCAA First Round
2014–15 NC State 18–157–9T–9th WNIT Third Round
2015–16 NC State 20–1110–6T–5th
2016–17 NC State 23–912–4T–4th NCAA Second Round
2017–18 NC State 26–911–5T–4th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2018–19 NC State 28–612–4T–3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019–20 NC State 28–414–42ndTournament not held
2020–21 NC State 22–313–22nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2021–22 NC State 32–417–11st NCAA Elite Eight
2022–23 NC State 20–129–9T–8th NCAA First Round
2023–24 NC State 31–713–5T–2nd NCAA Final Four
NC State:273–88 (.756)129–54 (.705)
Total:831–257 (.764)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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