Tamara Moore
| Mesabi Range College | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head Coach |
| League | Mesabi Range College |
| 2022-present | Boston Celtics (summer league assistant) |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
Tamara Tenell Moore (born April 11, 1980, in
Prep career
Moore played for
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
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
| 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
| 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
- ^ "Ex-WNBA player to coach men's juco hoops team". ESPN.com. 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Rayno, Amelia (15 February 2011). "Fading history". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
- ^ "North High a historical b-ball powerhouse". MSR Online. 2 March 2011.
- ^ "2001-02 Women's Basketball" (PDF). UWBadgers.com. 17 April 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2012.
- ^ Cobb, David (April 12, 2020). "Former WNBA player Tamara Moore hired as men's college basketball head coach". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
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