Ricky Moore (basketball)

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Ricky Moore
North Carolina A&T Aggies
PositionAssistant coach
League Coastal Athletic Association
Personal information
Born (1976-04-10) April 10, 1976 (age 47)
Augusta, Georgia, U.S. [1]
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Westside (Augusta, Georgia)
College UConn (1995–1999)
NBA draft 1999: undrafted
Playing career1999–2010
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Number21
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2000 Connecticut Pride
2000–2001 DJK Würzburg
2001–2002 Roanoke Dazzle
2002 Sioux Falls Skyforce
2002 Brevard Blue Ducks
2002–2003 Besiktas
2003Sioux Falls Skyforce
2003–2004 WBC Wels
2005–2006Chimik Južnyj
2007 Södertälje
2008–2010WBC Wels
As coach:
2010–2012 Dartmouth (assistant)
2012–2013 UConn (admin. asst.)
2013–2018UConn (assistant)
2021–2023 Northwest Cabarrus HS
2023–present North Carolina A&T (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

  • NCAA champion (2014)

Ricky S. Moore (born April 10, 1976) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He previously served as an assistant at the University of Connecticut (UConn). He played professionally for eleven years.

Moore came to UConn after an All-American high school career at Westside High School in Augusta, Georgia. He was a three-time co-captain for the Huskies, including the school's first national championship team in 1998–99. That year, Moore averaged 6.8 points and 3.6 assists per game. In the 1999 National Championship game, Moore's defense on Duke's William Avery, and his ability to guard Trajan Langdon in the final seconds, was seen as one of the keys to the Huskies defeat of the heavily favored Blue Devils and Moore was named to the All-Final Four team. [2] [3]

After graduation, Moore played professionally in the United States, Austria, Ukraine, Sweden, Turkey, and Germany over eleven seasons. [4]

In 2010, Moore retired as a player and joined the coaching staff at Dartmouth College as an assistant. [5] In 2012, he left for an opening as an administrative assistant at his alma mater, UConn, working for fellow Husky alum Kevin Ollie. In 2013, he was promoted to a full assistant role and helped lead the Huskies to the 2013–14 National Championship. [6] Moore stayed at UConn until 2018, when head coach Ollie was dismissed because of an NCAA investigation. [7]

He then coached in AAU. In June 2021, Moore was named head boys' basketball coach at Northwest_Cabarrus_High_School in Kannapolis, North Carolina. [8]

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