Ike Moorehead

Ike Moorehead

Teams coached: Alabama State Hornets, Texas Southern Tigers, Hampton Pirates, Norfolk State Spartans (women’s)
Alabama State record: 70-20 (.778)
Texas Southern record: 50-68 (.424)
Hampton record: 81-86 (.485)
Overall record^: 201-174 (.536)

Career Accomplishments:

  • NCAA National Championships:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  0
  • CIAA (Div II, women’s) Regular Season Champion: (1983)
  • CIAA (Div II, women’s) Tournament Champion: (1983, 1986)
  • NCAA Women’s Division II Tournament Appearances:  3  (1982, 1983, 1986)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1980-1988 Norfolk State (women’s)
1964-1971 Hampton
1959-1964 Texas Southern
1955-1958 Alabama State

Ike Moorehead Facts

  • Issac Moorehead
  • Alma Mater: Hampton Institute (1949)
  • Moorehead served as the head men’s basketball coach at Alabama State, Texas Southern and his alma mater, Hampton, all at a time when the program’s were still playing below the Division I level
    • Went 201-174 over 15 seasons as head coach of those three programs, doing especially well (70-20) in his three years at Alabama State
  • He also coached the women’s basketball team at Norfolk State (then Division II) for eight seasons, going 151-59 overall
    • His teams won one CIAA division title, two CIAA Tournaments and went to three D-II NCAA Tournaments

Ike Moorehead Coaching Tree

  • Mike Backus (Hampton)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at men’s collegiate programs only; neither Texas Southern, Alabama State or Hampton were Division I programs while Moorehead was coaching