Howard Moore
Howard Moore (born 1970)
Teams coached: UIC Flames
UIC record: 49-111 (.306)
Overall record: 49-111 (.306)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2015-2019 | Wisconsin (asst) |
| 2010-2015 | UIC |
| 2005-2010 | Wisconsin (asst) |
| 2004-2005 | Loyola (IL) (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Ball State (asst) |
| 2000-2003 | Bradley (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | Bradley (admin. asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Chicago (asst) |
Howard Moore Facts
- Howard Moore
- Born 1970
- Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
- Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin (BA, 1995)
- The Chicago-native played at Taft HS (IL) and then for the Wisconsin Badgers from 1990-95, where he played for three different head coaches: Steve Yoder, Stu Jackson and Stan Van Gundy
- Started his coaching career with a two-year stint as an assistant at alma mater Taft HS
- Spent a year assisting Pat Cunningham at Chicago before arriving at Bradley in 1999
- Was an admin assistant for one year then an assistant coach for two years under Jim Molinari
- Stayed on for one additional year assisting the next Braves’ head coach, Jim Les
- Worked as an assistant for one year each at Ball State (under Tim Buckley) and Loyola Chicago (under Jim Whitesell)
- Returned to Wisconsin in 2005, spending the next five seasons on Bo Ryan‘s staff
- Was part of five-straight NCAA Tournaments and the Badgers’ 31-win Big Ten title season in 2007-08
- Hired in 2010 to be the head coach at UIC in his hometown of Chicago, leading the Flames for five seasons
- Went 49-111 overall, highlighted by a 18-16 record and CIT berth in 2012-13
- Fired in 2015 after going 10-24, his fourth sub-.500 season in five years
- Rejoined Ryan’s staff at Wisconsin in December 2015 and assisted Greg Gard for the next three-plus seasons
- On the Badgers’ staff for another three NCAA Tournaments, including two Sweet 16 trips
- In May 2019, Moore was involved in a tragic car accident in which the car he was driving was hit by a driver going the wrong way
- His wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Jaidyn, were killed in the crash, along with the driver of the other car
- Moore suffered serious injuries in the crash and went on medical leave; his son, Jerell, was also in the car but luckily suffered only minor injuries
- As a result of his injuries and the need to recover, Moore did not coach during the 2019-20 or 2020-21 seasons
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