Tamara Moore

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Tamara Moore
Personal information
Born (1980-04-11) April 11, 1980 (age 41)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
High schoolNorth (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
CollegeWisconsin (1998–2002)
WNBA draft2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall
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–presentMesabi Range College
Stats at WNBA.com

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. 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. 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. In April 2020, she was hired as the men's basketball and softball coach at Mesabi Range College. 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]

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[7]

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. ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

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