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Former University of Wisconsin basketball player
Howard Moore begins his first season as a Badger
assistant this year. Moore played for UW from
1990-95 and was part of the 1993 NIT team and 1994
NCAA Tournament team.
“We’re proud to announce the return of one of the
most popular figures in Badger basketball, this time
in the coaching ranks,” Head Coach Bo Ryan said.
“Howard knows the campus and the climate of the
University and that will definitely be an advantage
on the recruiting trail just as his knowledge as a
coach and teacher will be a benefit on the floor.”
Moore spent last season as an assistant at the
University of Loyola-Chicago, handling off-campus
recruiting and working primarily with the team’s
post players. The Ramblers, who were 9-20 overall
and 4-12 in the Horizon League in 2003-04, went
13-17 last season, including 8-8 in the Horizon
League. They won six of their last seven games,
losing to UW-Milwaukee in the Horizon League
Tournament semifinals.
Prior to joining the Loyola staff, Moore was an
assistant under Tim Buckley at Ball State for one
season. At Ball State, Moore helped the Cardinals
become the top three-point field percentage defense
team in the Mid-American Conference, limiting foes
to .315 shooting from beyond the arc. On the
recruiting trail, Moore helped land what was
considered by many experts to be the top class in
the MAC.
Before his stint at Ball State, Moore served as the
head off-campus recruiter and also mentored the
guards and post players at Bradley from 2000-03. In
that stretch he helped mold Phillip Gilbert and
James Gillingham into All-Missouri Valley Conference
selections. Moore also served as an administrative
assistant at Bradley in 1999-2000.
After a two-year stint as an assistant boys varsity
coach at Taft High School, Moore commenced his
collegiate coaching career as an assistant at the
University of Chicago.
Moore played at UW from 1990-95, playing for Steve
Yoder, Stu Jackson and Stan Van Gundy. The Badgers
earned an NIT bid in 1991, Moore’s redshirt season.
His sophomore year, Wisconsin returned to the NIT
and as a junior, he was a part of UW’s first NCAA
tournament team in 47 years.
Moore played in 47 games as a Badger, including 21
as a senior. He represented the Big Ten by touring
Argentina with a group of league all-stars in 1994.
Moore, who was the recipient of the University of
Wisconsin African-American Alumni Association
Student Leadership Award in 1993, graduated from
Wisconsin in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in
African-American Studies.
A 1990 graduate of Taft High School in Chicago,
Moore guided his team to the Chicago Public League
semifinals as a senior and was named to the Chicago
Public League Hall of Fame in 1999.
Moore and his wife, Jennifer, live in Madison. |
