Wes Moore (basketball)

Wes Moore (born April 22, 1957)[1] is the current head coach of the North Carolina State University women's basketball team.[2]

Wes Moore
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNC State
ConferenceACC
Record167–61 (.732)
Biographical details
Born (1957-04-22) April 22, 1957
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1993Maryville College
1993–1995NC State (assistant)
1995–1998Francis Marion
1998–2013Chattanooga
2013–presentNC State
Head coaching record
Overall725–230 (.759)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Southern Conference Regular Season: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013

Southern Conference Tournament: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013

ACC Tournament: 2020
Awards
Southern Conference Coach of the Year: 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013


ACC Coach of the Year: 2017

He is the all time winner at Chattanooga, with 358, and in the Southern Conference, with 222.[3]

From 1993-95, Moore served as women's basketball assistant coach at NC State under legendary head coach Kay Yow. During that time, the Wolfpack went 34-24 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. His other head coaching stops include Maryville College (Division III) and Francis Marion (Division II).

Moore spent 15 seasons (1998-2013) as the head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) where he led the Lady Mocs to 12 Southern Conference (SoCon) regular season titles, nine SoCon tournament championships, and nine NCAA Tournament berths, while becoming the winningest coach in UTC and SoCon history. He came to Raleigh as the reigning SoCon Coach of the Year, an award he has earned on six separate occasions.

In the 2012-13 campaign, Moore guided the Lady Mocs to the SoCon regular season and tournament titles, equaled the best win total in school history at 29-4, and knocked off an NCAA Elite Eight Tennessee Lady Vols squad by a score of 80-71 in the regular season. The Lady Mocs posted a 19-1 conference mark and closed out the regular season on a 19-game win streak, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Since taking over the Wolfpack in April of 2013, Moore has posted an 140-58 (.707) record and led NC State to four NCAA Tournament appearances and postseason invitations each year. He has led the Wolfpack to a 63-33 (.656) record in ACC games, a league that consistently ranks among the top conferences in NCAA Division I basketball. Five of Moore’s six seasons have included significantly surpassing preseason league projections and four have concluded in top-four finishes in the 15-member league. All six of his seasons in Raleigh have been winning seasons, five have included 20 wins or more, and two have culminated in NCAA Tournament Sweet 16s

In his first season at NC State (2013-14), Moore led the Wolfpack to a 25-8 record, a fourth-place finish in the ACC standings, and an NCAA Tournament appearance. For his efforts, he was named the ESPNW ACC Coach of the Year. After an 18-15 campaign in 2014-15 and a 20-11 season in 2015-16, Moore led the Wolfpack to the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 in 2016-17 with an impressive 23-9 record (12-4 ACC). On March 1, 2017, he earned the official ACC Coach of the Year honor in votes by both the league’s Blue Ribbon Panel and head coaches, earning the first such honor in the 43-year history of the NC State women’s basketball program. He was also named a Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year Semifinalist after authoring upsets of four top-15 teams throughout the season: No. 2 Notre Dame, at No. 6 Florida State, No. 12 Duke, and at No. 7 Louisville.

Moore led NC State to a tremendous 2017-18 season, winning 26 games and returning to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. The Wolfpack posted a 16-2 record on Kay Yow Court that included two NCAA Tournament victories. The achievement of going 16-2 at Reynolds Coliseum marked the second best home record in 44 completed seasons of Wolfpack basketball.

The 2018-19 season was among the best in 45 years of women's basketball at NC State. The NC State women's basketball team (28-6) finished the 2018-19 season ranked ninth in the final USA Today Coaches Poll, marking NC State's best ranking to end a season since 1997-98, when the team was listed fourth. NC State spent 14 weeks of the 2018-19 season in the top 10 of the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Wolfpack advanced to its second straight NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, achieved the longest winning streak in program history (21 games), and recorded the best start to a season in program history (21-0) while tying for the second most wins (28) ever achieved in 45 years of NC State women's basketball. At 21-0, NC State was the last remaining men's or women's NCAA Division I team without a loss.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Maryville College (Independent) (1987–1993)
1987–88 Maryville College 15–12
1988–89 Maryville College 23–6NCAA DIII 1st Round[4]
1989–90 Maryville College 23–5NCAA DIII Sweet Sixteen[5]
1990–91 Maryville College 23–6NCAA DIII Sweet Sixteen[6]
1991–92 Maryville College 24–4NCAA DIII 1st Round[7]
1992–93 Maryville College 23–3NCAA DIII Sweet Sixteen[8]
Maryville College: 131–36 (.784)
Francis Marion (Peach Belt Conference) (1995–1998)
1995–96 Francis Marion 18–913–5[9]2nd
1996–97 Francis Marion 21–814–4[9]2ndNCAA DII 2nd Round
1997–98 Francis Marion 30–315–1[9]1st (North)NCAA DII Elite Eight
Francis Marion: 69–20 (.775)
Chattanooga (Southern Conference) (1998–2013)
1998–99 Chattanooga 10–178–107th
1999–00 Chattanooga 26–517–11stWNIT Second Round
2000–01 Chattanooga 24–715–31stNCAA 1st Round
2001–02 Chattanooga 23–814–41stNCAA 1st Round
2002–03 Chattanooga 26–516–21stNCAA 1st Round
2003–04 Chattanooga 29–320–01stNCAA 2nd Round
2004–05 Chattanooga 25–519–11stWNIT Second Round
2005–06 Chattanooga 27–418–01stNCAA 1st Round
2006–07 Chattanooga 25–815–31stNCAA 1st Round
2007–08 Chattanooga 29–418–01stNCAA 1st Round
2008–09 Chattanooga 22–1017–31stWNIT First Round
2009–10 Chattanooga 24–916–41stNCAA 1st Round
2010–11 Chattanooga 17–1413–73rd
2011–12 Chattanooga 22–1016–43rdWNIT First Round
2012–13 Chattanooga 29–419–11stNCAA 1st Round
Chattanooga: 358–113 (.760)222–42 (.841)
NC State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 NC State 25–811–54thNCAA 1st Round
2014–15 NC State 18–157–9T–9thWNIT Third Round
2015–16 NC State 20–1110–66th
2016–17 NC State 23–912–44thNCAA 2nd Round
2017–18 NC State 26–811–5T–4thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2018–19 NC State 28–612–4T–3rdNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019–20 NC State 27–414–42ndTournament not held
NC State: 167–61 (.732)77–37 (.675)
Total:725–230 (.759)

      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

References
  2. http://www.gopack.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/wes_moore_844673.html
  3. http://www.gomocs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1146482
  4. "1989 Division III women's basketball tournament". D3hoops. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  5. "1990 Division III women's basketball tournament". D3hoops. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  6. "1991 Division III women's basketball tournament". D3hoops. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  7. "1992 Division III women's basketball tournament". D3hoops. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  8. "1993 Division III women's basketball tournament". D3hoops. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  9. "Peach Belt" (PDF). Peach Belt. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
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