Tamara Moore

Tamara Moore
Dallas Mavericks
PositionScout
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1980-04-11) April 11, 1980 (age 44)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
High schoolNorth (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
CollegeWisconsin (1998–2002)
WNBA draft2002: 1st round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Miami Sol
Playing career2002–2007
PositionGuard
Career history
As player:
2002Miami Sol
2002Minnesota Lynx
2003Detroit Shock
2003–2004Phoenix Mercury
2005New York Liberty
2006Los Angeles Sparks
2007Houston Comets
?–?Hapoel Haifa/ Motzkin
?–?Maccabi Ramat Hen
?–?Saint-Amand Hainaut
?–?Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
?–?Elitzur Ramla
As coach:
2020–2024Mesabi Range College
2022Boston Celtics (summer league assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2001)
  • 2x First-team All-Big Ten (2001, 2002)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Tamara Tenell Moore (born April 11, 1980, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is the current men's basketball head coach at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota and an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics 2022 Summer League team. Moore was a professional basketball player who competed in the WNBA and Europe, and is the only female head coach of a collegiate men's basketball team.[1]

Prep career

Moore played for Minneapolis North High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was named a 1998 WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored thirteen points.[2] Graduating from Minneapolis North in 1998, Moore guided the Lady Polars to a state championship and was named Minnesota Miss Basketball.[3][4]

College career

Moore attended college at University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated in 2002. She was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2001. Moore ended her Badgers career playing every game over four years, including two WNIT and two NCAA Tournaments. She finished as the school all-time leader in steals and assists.[5] Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2002 WNBA draft by the Miami Sol. She was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017

Coaching career

Moore has coached high school girls basketball in Minneapolis. Moore became the second female head coach of a men's team after Kerri-Ann McTiernan coached Kingsborough Community College in the 1990s. She became the 1st African-American female to accomplish the title.[6]

In 2014-2015 she was involved with the short-lived Minnesota Flame semi-pro club. In April 2020, she was hired as the men's basketball and softball coach at Mesabi Range College.

On July 1, 2022, Moore announced via Twitter that she would be an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics 2022 Summer League season.[7]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2002 Miami 5 3 16.6 .320 .222 1.000 1.4 2.0 1.4 0.0 2.2 5.6
2002 Minnesota 26 20 25.1 .366 .382 .830 2.9 3.0 0.9 0.3 2.8 7.5
2003 Detroit 15 0 4.4 .500 .000 .833 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.4
2003 Phoenix 11 0 10.0 .423 .000 .846 1.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.9 3.0
2004 Phoenix 32 0 12.1 .443 .300 .862 0.9 1.7 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.6
2005 New York 7 0 6.9 .667 .333 1.000 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.6
2006 Los Angeles 34 33 18.7 .469 .347 .803 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.2 1.1 6.1
2007 Houston 15 9 19.3 .368 .267 1.000 1.7 2.9 1.1 0.1 2.1 3.9
Career 6 years, 7 teams 89 89 33.4 .478 .329 .826 7.0 2.9 1.6 1.1 2.2 14.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2006 Los Angeles 4 4 21.8 .526 .667 .636 3.0 2.8 0.8 0.3 2.0 7.8
Career 1 year, 1 team 4 4 21.8 .526 .667 .636 3.0 2.8 0.8 0.3 2.0 7.8

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Wisconsin 32 347 .443 .339 .811 4.9 3.3 2.5 0.3 10.8
1999–00 Wisconsin 33 445 .462 .348 .770 5.1 3.3 2.5 0.7 13.5
2000–01 Wisconsin 28 354 .450 .339 .730 4.6 5.4 3.6 0.7 12.6
2001–02 Wisconsin 31 516 .492 .363 .833 5.1 6.1 2.9 0.8 16.6
Career 124 1,662 .464 .351 .783 4.9 4.5 2.8 0.6 13.4

Source[8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Ex-WNBA player to coach men's juco hoops team". ESPN.com. 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  2. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  3. ^ Rayno, Amelia (15 February 2011). "Fading history". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  4. ^ "North High a historical b-ball powerhouse". MSR Online. 2 March 2011.
  5. ^ "2001-02 Women's Basketball" (PDF). UWBadgers.com. 17 April 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2012.
  6. ^ Cobb, David (April 12, 2020). "Former WNBA player Tamara Moore hired as men's college basketball head coach". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  7. ^ Hass, Trevor (July 1, 2022). "Tamara Moore, first Black woman to coach men's college team, joins Celtics Summer League staff". Boston.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  8. ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-12.


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