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| At Fresno Pacific |
| 1988-89 |
18-13 |
| 1989-90 |
21-11 |
| 1990-91 |
17-14 |
| 1991-92 |
13-16 |
| 1992-93 |
10-20 |
| At Westmont |
| 1993-94 |
19-13 |
| 1994-95 |
20-9 |
| 1995-96 |
19-13 |
| 1996-97 |
14-17 |
| 1997-98 |
23-8 |
| 1998-99 |
29-6 |
| 1999-00 |
21-11 |
| 2000-01 |
20-9 |
| 2001-02 |
22-10 |
| 2002-03 |
24-10 |
| 2003-04 |
18-10 |
| 2004-05 |
20-9 |
| 2005-06 |
18-13 |
| 2006-07 |
17-12 |
| 2007-08 |
15-13 |
Totals:
Westmont
Career |
299-163
378-237 |
JOHN MOORE
Head Men’s Basketball Coach
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After 15 seasons as head coach of Westmont Men’s Basketball, Coach Moore has accumulated a record of 299-163 (.647) at Westmont and an overall record of 378-237 (.615) in 20 years as a head coach.
“Coaching and teaching is more meaningful for me today than it was eight to ten years ago,” said Moore. “It is more significant because of the kinds of things that are important in coaching. Someone once said to me, ‘You don’t have a philosophy of coaching until you get to 15 years as a head coach.’ I discounted that, but there is a point and for me, and it was in that 15-year range, that I realized that I have a philosophy of coaching – that makes it more meaningful for me and more meaningful for my players.”
His accomplishments at Westmont include three Golden State Athletic Conference tournament championships and six trips to the NAIA national tournament, including a NAIA Final Four appearance in 1999. Moore has coached 21 All-GSAC players, seven NAIA All-Americans, and seven All-American Scholar-Athletes. In addition, each senior in his program has graduated with a degree from Westmont.
“We come to coach because there is a relational element which becomes more significant the deeper you get into it,” said Moore. “The success is always going to be meaningful. We are competitors as coaches. But there is a greater success that lies in a meaningful life.”
Moore first came to Westmont in 1976. He was a highly sought after point guard at Cypress College and has since been inducted into the Cypress College Athletic Hall of Fame. Former Warrior coach Chet Kammerer recruited Moore and became one of the great influences on his life.
Moore quickly fell in love with Westmont and also made an immediate impact on the basketball floor. He was named to the All-District team and All-Far West squad, and earned the Tom Byron Most Inspirational Player Award. His competitiveness and desire to win were always evident. During his senior year, Moore led the Warriors to the second round of the NAIA national tournament where the Warriors lost in double overtime. His career total of 422 assists ranks fourth at Westmont, despite playing only two years.
Moore has now coached on the collegiate level in four decades, beginning as an assistant at Santa Barbara City College under Frank Carbajal. He also coached at Azusa Pacific, where he earned a master’s degree in social science, and at Chapman College.
In 1988, Moore accepted the head coaching position at Fresno Pacific University. Starting with a team that had experienced six straight losing seasons, Moore guided the Sunbirds to an 18-13 record in his first season. In 1989-90 and 1990-91 Fresno Pacific won back-to-back GSAC regular-season titles. He was named the GSAC and NAIA District 3 Coach of the Year in 1990.
Moore returned to Westmont in 1993 to continue a Warrior tradition that has produced 15 trips to the national tournament and winning seasons in 38 of the past 40 years.
Besides his coaching duties, Moore serves as an Associate Athletic Director and is also an Associate Professor of Kinesiology whose classes include KNS 166 Movement: Pedagogy and Leadership. Moore also serves on the NAIA Men’s Basketball Ratings Oversight Committee.
In the summer months, Moore runs the Westmont basketball camps and hosts Westmont’s high school basketball tournaments. Moore also has international experience, taking part in several tours throughout Asia, where he spent 10 years of his childhood. He has coached the junior national teams for the countries of Bangladesh and Sudan. Moore served as part of the USA Basketball Committee in 2002, helping to selected the 19-and-under team which included such players as Carmello Anthony and Christopher Bosh.
Moore comes from a basketball family. His brother Mike starred at Westmont in the mid-80’s, while his sister Beth was a member of UCLA’s national championship team in 1978. Moore’s wife, Rachel, served for several years as the director of her family’s Lavin Basketball Camps. Her brother, Steve, is the former head basketball coach at UCLA and is now an ESPN basketball analyst.
John and Rachel live in Montecito with their daughters Jacqueline (13) and Jessica (10).
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