Quan Thompkins

and college (assistant coach to Ralph Ward at McNeese State). Moore's alma Lake Arthur High recently honored him by naming its basketball court "Jeff Moore Court" in 2019. The gymnasium is already named after his father "Nooky."

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 1994-95 following the end of his playing career. He was named an NAIA Scholar All-American 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. His No. 34 jersey is retired, the only sports jersey in school history to have that distinction. Jeff 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, the physical education teacher at the NSU Elementary Lab School, have a beautiful and active daughter, Gracie, and a son, Caige (for Dad’s Cajun heritage), who will turn seven in January. Amy, who played college volleyball and basketball, also serves as assistant volleyball coach at Natchitoches Central High School.