JEFF MOORE ASSISTANT COACH EIGHTH SEASON AT NORTHWESTERN STATE MISSOURI VALLEY (1995)
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COACH MOORE
Hometown: Lake Arthur, La. High School: Lake Arthur HS College: Missouri Valley (‘95) Birthdate: Family: Amy (wife), Gracie (daughter), and Caige (son) COACHING HISTORY 1995-96.... Missouri Valley College, Asst. Coach 1996-97.... Missouri Valley College, Asst. Coach 1997-98..............John Wood CC, Head Coach 1998-99..............John Wood CC, Head Coach 1999-00..............John Wood CC, Head Coach 2000-01..............John Wood CC, Head Coach 2001-02..............John Wood CC, Head Coach 2002-03........Tyler Junior College, Asst. Coach 2003-04........Tyler Junior College, Asst. Coach 2004-05........Tyler Junior College, Asst. Coach 2005-06...........Bossier Parish CC, Asst. Coach 2006-07........ Northwestern State, Asst. Coach 2007-08........ Northwestern State, Asst. Coach 2008-09........ Northwestern State, Asst. Coach 2009-10........ Northwestern State, Asst. Coach 2010-11........ Northwestern State, Asst. Coach 2011-12........ Northwestern State, Asst. Coach 2012-13........ Northwestern State, Asst. Coach PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1992-94.................... Missouri Valley College 1990-92......Marshalltown Community College
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Entering his eighth season with the Northwestern State men’s hoop squad, Jeff Moore continues to show why he is one of the anchors of the program. He played a big part on a staff that recruited the 2013 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year (DeQuan Hicks) and Freshman of the Year (Jalan West) that led the Demons to a 14-seed in the NCAA tournament after a SLC Tournament Championship. The 23 games the Demons won in 2012-13 sits in second place for the school’s all-time history for wins in a season. Moore’s amazing work ethic and winning personality made him the perfect choice to fill the big shoes on the Demons’ staff when he replaced current McNeese State head coach Dave Simmons in 2006. He fits into a legacy of assistant coaches that Demons head coach Mike McConathy is known for being able to develop, three of which are now Division I head coaches- Buzz Williams at Marquette University, Simmons, and Mark Slessinger at New Orleans. Remarkably, after the departure of Simmons, the Demons didn’t miss a beat. Moore’s strategic acumen and teaching skills were tremendous assets as NSU won yet another Southland Conference title in his first season on staff, capturing the SLC East Division crown. In his first two seasons, the Demons made back-to-back trips to the SLC Tournament Finals. Moore’s motto: “preparation comes face-to-face with opportunity.” “It’ in leadership terms is the guy that makes it all work and pulls it all together. He knows all the necessary things to do for our program. Jeff Moore has ‘it’,” said McConathy who became Louisiana’s all-time leader in college wins in 2013. “His compassion for players and passion for doing the right things are impeccable. I truly have been blessed to have him on my staff.” Before coming to NSU, he spent five years (1997-2002) as a head coach and athletic director in the junior college ranks at John Wood (Ill.) Community College. There he made a run to the NJCAA regional tournament semifinals in 2001 and coached Ronnie Ross (Jeanerette, La.), who was ranked as a Top 10 junior college prospect at guard by TSN Basketball Magazine. Ross was the first of three Top 10 junior college prospects by position that Moore coached. Kurt Looby and Jessan Gray played for Moore at Tyler Junior College when he was an assistant from 2002-05. In his three seasons at Tyler, they qualified for the regional tournament every season. After TJC, he coached at Bossier Parish Community College as an assistant for one season before Coach Mike called his name. At BPCC, the Cavaliers won the Miss-Lou Conference and Tournament Championship and qualified for the Region XXII Tournament for the first time in five years. Moore not only has a commitment to excellence on the floor, but in the classroom. Ninety percent of Demon basketball players have graduated since Moore arrived, and NSU’s APR has continued to climb including 1000 marks in both 2010 and 2011. He’s recruited big-time players such as Koby Achane from Welsh, LA (Missouri Valley College’s all-time leading scorer), Will Mosley from Shreveport, LA (ranks fifth all-time in NCAA Division I history in blocks), and Trey Gilder (played with the Memphis Grizzlies from 2009-10). “He is a great teacher of the game, a tremendous worker, and has an extremely positive, warm personality,” said the Demons’ head coach. “He’s rooted in Louisiana, which is the heartbeat of our program, and he also has contacts around basketball that broaden our network.” Moore has coached over 80 players in his career from his home state of Louisiana. “He grew up with a dad who was a great basketball coach and the game is definitely a passion for him,” said McConathy. “From being a head junior college coach for five seasons, he understands what we have to do to not only keep our program achieving at a high level, but to move forward.” Moore’s father, the late Wilbert C. “Nooky” Moore, coached for 33 seasons in Louisiana at the high school (Slidell, Rayne, Notre Dame-Crowley, Lake Arthur) and college (assistant coach to Ralph Ward at McNeese State) levels. The younger Moore began his college-coaching career in 1995 at his alma mater, Missouri Valley College, after serving as a student assistant coach in 199495 following the end of his playing career. He was named an NAIA Scholar AllAmerican at Missouri Valley after earning National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic honors at Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College, where he was also an honorable mention all-region performer. He earned a master’s degree in education, with an emphasis in athletic administration, from Northwestern State in 1997. Moore was a standout player at Lake Arthur High School and was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame. He played on the Louisiana Stars AAU state championship team and was chosen for the Louisiana Pepsi All-Stars Team that toured the Canary Islands. He continues to host summer camps in Jefferson Davis Parish starting in 1998 and also hosted senior workout camps in April in south Louisiana, providing an opportunity for hundreds of state prep players to obtain college scholarships at the junior college, NAIA and NCAA levels. His relationships with prep coaches have helped raise attendance at summer NSU camps and clinics to all-time highs. He and his wife Amy, a fourth and fifth grade teacher at the NSU Lab School, have a beautiful and active 6 1/2-year-old daughter, Gracie, and a son, Caige (for Dad’s Cajun heritage), who will turn two in January.
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NCAA Tournament: 2001 • 2006 • 2013 SLC Tournament Championships: 2001 • 2006 • 2013