Ricky Moore (basketball)

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ricky Moore

| image =

| caption =

| team = North Carolina A&T Aggies

| position = Assistant coach

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|4|10}}

| birth_place = Augusta, Georgia, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/draft99/players/profiles/moore_ricky.html|title=Ricky Moore|website=ESPN.com|date=1999|access-date=March 6, 2020}}

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 185

| high_school = Westside (Augusta, Georgia)

| college = UConn (1995–1999)

| draft_year = 1999

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2010

| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard

| career_number = 21

| coach_start = 2010

| coach_end =

| years1 = 1999–2000

| team1 = Connecticut Pride

| years2 = 2000–2001

| team2 = DJK Würzburg

| years3 = 2001–2002

| team3 = Roanoke Dazzle

| years4 = 2002

| team4 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years5 = 2002

| team5 = Brevard Blue Ducks

| years6 = 2002–2003

| team6 = Besiktas

| years7 = 2003

| team7 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years8 = 2003–2004

| team8 = WBC Wels

| years9 = 2005–2006

| team9 = Chimik Južnyj

| years10 = 2007

| team10 = Södertälje

| years11 = 2008–2010

| team11 = WBC Wels

| cyears1 = 2010–2012

| cteam1 = Dartmouth (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2012–2013

| cteam2 = UConn (admin. asst.)

| cyears3 = 2013–2018

| cteam3 = UConn (assistant)

| cyears4 = 2021–2023

| cteam4 = Northwest Cabarrus HS

| cyears5 = 2023–present

| cteam5 = North Carolina A&T (assistant)

| highlights=

As player:

ÖBL Finals MVP (2009)
NCAA champion (1999)
Fourth-team Parade All-American (1995)

As assistant coach:

NCAA champion (2014)

}}

Ricky S. Moore (born April 10, 1976) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He previously served as an assistant at the University of Connecticut (UConn). He played professionally for eleven years.

Moore came to UConn after an All-American high school career at Westside High School in Augusta, Georgia. He was a three-time co-captain for the Huskies, including the school's first national championship team in 1998–99. That year, Moore averaged 6.8 points and 3.6 assists per game. In the 1999 National Championship game, Moore's defense on Duke's William Avery, and his ability to guard Trajan Langdon in the final seconds, was seen as one of the keys to the Huskies defeat of the heavily favored Blue Devils and Moore was named to the All-Final Four team.{{cite news|title=UConn Had 'Moore' Than Enough Talent To Beat Duke |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1932359/?terms=ricky+moore+william+avery |newspaper=The Salina Journal|date=30 March 1999|page=27|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 26, 2014}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/30/sports/ncaa-tournament-men-s-championship-langdon-s-journey-is-a-step-too-long.html|title = N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: Men's CHAMPIONSHIP; Langdon's Journey is a Step Too Long|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 30 March 1999|last1 = Battista|first1 = Judy}}

After graduation, Moore played professionally in the United States, Austria, Ukraine, Sweden, Turkey, and Germany over eleven seasons.{{cite web| last = | first = | title = Ricky Moore biography | work = Connecticut Huskies | url = http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ricky_moore_827005.html | accessdate = August 26, 2014}}

In 2010, Moore retired as a player and joined the coaching staff at Dartmouth College as an assistant.{{cite web| last = Keefe | first = Gavin | title = Moore starting anew| work = The Day | date = August 6, 2010 | url = http://www.theday.com/article/20100806/SPORT05/308069857/-1/SPORT | accessdate = August 26, 2014}} In 2012, he left for an opening as an administrative assistant at his alma mater, UConn, working for fellow Husky alum Kevin Ollie. In 2013, he was promoted to a full assistant role and helped lead the Huskies to the 2013–14 National Championship.{{cite web| last = Michaux | first = Scott | title = Ricky Moore has good timing at UConn | work = The Augusta Chronicle | date = May 3, 2014 | url = http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/2014-05-03/ricky-moore-has-good-timing-uconn | accessdate = August 26, 2014}} Moore stayed at UConn until 2018, when head coach Ollie was dismissed because of an NCAA investigation.{{Cite web|last=Borges|first=David|date=2018-05-31|title=Former UConn assistant Ricky Moore confused he's yet to land job|url=https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Former-UConn-assistant-Ricky-Moore-a-bit-confused-12957325.php|access-date=2021-09-01|website=New Haven Register|language=en-US}}

He then coached in AAU. In June 2021, Moore was named head boys' basketball coach at Northwest_Cabarrus_High_School in Kannapolis, North Carolina.{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=2021|date=2021-06-02|title=High school basketball: Northwest Cabarrus hires former UConn guard|url=https://www.salisburypost.com/2021/06/02/high-school-basketball-nwc-hires-former-uconn-guard/|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Salisbury Post}}