Tom Moore
Tom Moore (born May 12, 1965)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Connecticut Huskies (Head coach: Dan Hurley)
Current conference: American Athletic Conference (AAC, The American)
Teams coached: Worcester State Lancers, Quinnipiac Bobcats
Worcester State record^: 76-59 (.563)
Quinnipiac record: 162-150 (.519)
Overall record^: 238-209 (.532)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2010)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2012)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2011, 2014)
- NEC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2010)
Awards:
- NEC Coach of the Year: 1 (2010)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | Connecticut (asst) |
| 2017-2018 | Rhode Island (asst) |
| 2007-2017 | Quinnipiac |
| 1994-2007 | Connecticut (asst) |
| 1989-1994 | Worcester State |
| 1988-1989 | Assumption (asst) |
| 1987-1988 | Worcester State (asst) |
Tom Moore Facts
- Tom Moore
- Born May 12, 1965
- Hometown: Millbury, Massachusetts
- Alma Mater: Boston University (BA, 1987)
- The BU-grad started his coaching career in 1987 at D-III Worcester State (MA) as an assistant
- Spent one year as an assistant at D-II Assumption (MA) before returning to WSU as head coach
- Went 76-59 in five years at the helm, finishing above .500 in three of those seasons
- Joined Jim Calhoun‘s staff as an assistant at UConn in 1994, staying with the program for 13 years
- Was a part of nine NCAA Tournaments, including two NCAA titles, during his first stint at UConn
- Hired in 2007 to be the head coach at Quinnipiac, leading the Bobcats for ten seasons
- Had a 162-150 record during his tenure, reaching the postseason four times (1 NIT, 1 CBI, 2 CIT)
- His 2009-10 squad won 23 games and claimed the NEC regular season title
- Fired in March 2017 after two straight 21-loss seasons
- Had a 162-150 record during his tenure, reaching the postseason four times (1 NIT, 1 CBI, 2 CIT)
- Was an assistant on Dan Hurley‘s staff at Rhode Island during the 2017-18 season
- Followed Hurley to UConn the following season, his second stint with the Huskies
- Was on staff at UConn for the Huskies’ back-to-back NCAA National Champions (2023 and 2024)
Tom Moore Coaching Tree
- Scott Burrell (Southern Connecticut State)
- Daniel Harris (Davis & Elkins)
- Dave Lindberg (Worcester State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels