THE JIM MOORE FILE
Head Coach: Fifth Year
Alma Mater: Long Beach State, ‘80
Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.

Coaching Honors
• 1993 NCAA II National Championship
• Developed 20 All-Americans
• One Big 12 Championship
• Seven All-Pac-10 / 15 All-Big 12 Selections
• Two NCAA II Player of the Year Awards
• One Honda Broderick Award Winner
• Two-time National Coach of the Year
• Three-time AVCA/Tachikara Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year
• Two-time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Coach of the Year
• 2006 Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year
• 2007 College Volleyball Update Coach of the Year
• Developed two Olympians and seven National Team members

In his fifth year at Oregon, it’s easy to forget how quickly and resoundingly head coach Jim Moore has changed the course of the Duck volleyball program. In that short time, the recent Collegiate Volleyball Update National and Pac-10 Coach of the Year has resurrected Oregon from perennial conference doormat to its first-ever Sweet 16 appearances and three consecutive postseason appearances for the first time in the 64-team NCAA Tournament field. 

The Ducks soared to one of their greatest seasons in 2008 and claimed their most wins (25) since 1984 (27), matched their best Pac-10 record and league finish (11-7, fourth) since 1987, and rode a school record 15-match home winning streak during the regular season. UO beat four top-10 teams during the league slate (USC (#4), UCLA twice (#5/9) and California (#7)), enjoyed its first three-year stretch of top-six Pac-10 finishes, and sported a three-year 27-27 league mark that helped erased the frustration from UO’s 18-182 Pac-10 record the 13-year stretch before his arrival. In the AVCA national rankings, UO spent the whole season ranked 13th nationally or better, including top-10 nods or better the last 10 editions of the season that included a program-best sixth. Individually, a program-record three Ducks were tabbed to the All-Pac-10 and All-Regional Teams en route to various All-America laurels, Sonja Newcombe won UO’s second AVCA National Player of the Week in as many years, and Neticia Enesi and the team rewrote school season hitting marks (.396 / .290). 

The 2007 season was another milestone year in the program’s development. After a 10-0 start, UO surged again at the end of the campaign with its first ever pair of consecutive wins against top-10 teams, No. 6 USC and No. 9 UCLA, to the roaring approval of the McArthur Court faithful. Afterwards, Oregon’s 9-9 Pac-10 record and fifth-place finish stood as its best since 1989. A week later, in its second postseason appearance since 1989, UO continued its successful ride with a 3-0 win over Missouri State, then came back from an 0-2 deficit to beat No. 11 Kansas State, 3-2, in Manhattan, Kan. — a fitting win for Moore who had resurrected the Wildcat program earlier in his 20-year career. UO’s final overall record of 22-11 featured its most wins since 1986.

The year prior, he was tabbed as the 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year by his league counterparts after a talented freshman class returned UO to the NCAA tourney for the first time in 17 years. Freshman Sonja Newcombe was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team, while first-year players Neticia Enesi and Nevena Djordjevic were named honorable mentions. Despite starting a youthful lineup, the Ducks’ 7-11 conference record tied Oregon for sixth in the “Conference of Champions”, its best finish since 1989, and its overall record of 17-12 marked the program’s first winning season since 1990.

In his first Duck season in 2005, his presence paid immediate dividends as Oregon posted its most wins (12) and highest winning percentage (.400) in 14 years.

Along with his proven abilities as a technician and motivator, Moore is equally regarded as a recruiter of national-class talent. His first two Duck recruits garnered postseason recognition as hitter Mira Djuric earned Pac-10 All-Freshman honors and libero Katie Swoboda picked up honorable mention accolades. In ‘06, outside hitter Sonja Newcombe followed with All-Freshman team acclaim, and setter Nevena Djordjevic and blocker Neticia Enesi added honorable mention recognition. In ‘07, hitter Heather Meyers was an easy pick as Moore’s sixth honoree on the all-league freshman squad. UO’s 2009 class included two more Under Armour Prep All-Americans (Katherine Fischer and Jocelyn Levig).

Moore is in  his fifth season at the Duck helm after prior stops at Northern Michigan (1989-94), Kansas State (1994-97), Texas (1997-00), Chico State (2001-03) and a subsequent return to Northern Michigan (2003-04). Collegiate volleyball pundits respect him as a master program rebuilder who is then able to take teams to the next level, warranted by the combined 143-228 record (.385) of four programs before his arrival (Northern Michigan, ‘89, ‘04, Kansas State and Chico State). After his arrival, those same teams went on to produce a 268-118 (.694) overall mark, and his teams improved upon their prior season’s winning percentage in each of his 20 seasons.

He has had to face many obstacles at each stop, beginning with his first season at Northern Michigan in 1989. Despite various recruiting challenges, his five-year tenure culminated in the Wildcats winning the 1993 NCAA II National Championship. 

Moore raised a perennial sub-.500 team to national dominance, highlighted by three consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament quarterfinals, back-to-back appearances in the national championship match, and finally the 1993 National Championship after a phenomenal season record of 38-1. His athletes stockpiled numerous honors, including an unprecedented four First Team All-America honors and the NCAA Division II Player of the Year award in 1992. His teams followed with three more All-America selections and the first-ever repeat Division II Player of the Year in 1993. For his team’s achievements, he won the 1993 National Coach of the Year Award, three AVCA/Tachikara Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year Awards, and two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Coach of the Year Awards.

He then moved on to Manhattan, Kan., in 1994, and took over a Kansas State program that was mired at the bottom of the Big 8 Conference the previous three seasons. By the time he left the Little Apple, K-State re-emerged as one of the Big 12’s best programs and was loaded with all-conference caliber players. The Wildcats had gone 24-68 overall and 0-36 in league play prior to his arrival, and responded with three straight winning seasons and a 26-9 mark in 1996, capped by the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance.

Following those efforts, Moore was named the sixth head coach in the history of the University of Texas-Austin volleyball program in March of 1997, a mere four months before training started for the 1997 season. Although he did not face the same immediate challenges as he had in the prior positions, he still had to replace a hall of fame coach and keep a storied program at the top.

Moore guided the storied UT program to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, a Big 12 Conference Championship, one Big 12 Player of the Year honor, seven All-America selections and eight All-Big 12 selections.

Shortly before taking over at UT, Moore was asked to be Mick Haley’s top assistant for the women’s U.S. National Team. Moore was honored by the offer, but preferred to stay in the college ranks. Undaunted, Haley sought out Moore to be a consultant for the U.S. Olympic Team to help introduce his style of offense to the national team program.

After his Texas run, Moore returned to the Division II coaching ranks at California State University, Chico. Once again he quickly recreated another program and guided it to its first winning season in five years. At the Northern California institution, he resurrected a program that had gone 15-75 the three years prior to his arrival. His first year, the Wildcats went 16-13, then improved to 18-8 his second season, and four players combined for All-CCHA selections.

Moore’s last stop before arriving in Eugene was an incredible two-year return to Northern Michigan that produced 50 wins in 58 matches.

Before his coaching career, the Long Beach, Calif., native played volleyball for two years at San Bernardino Valley College, followed by a two-year stint at Long Beach State, where he earned his bachelor’s degree (1980) and later his master’s in health science. His first coaching position was at California’s Rim of the World High School, where his teams went 134-27 (.832) in five seasons, and his 1981 team captured the California State Division II championship. He then spent four years at Mayfair High (Calif.), and his last two teams went 26-2 and 28-2 respectively, before he moved to Northern Michigan.

Moore and his wife, Stacy Metro, have two children: Matthew Ryan (born April 1997), and Michael Reed (born October 1998).

MOORE'S CAREER RECORD

Years        School (# of seasons) Overall        Conference     Postseason
1989-93      Northern Michigan (5) 123-55 (.691)  62-20 (.756)   9-2 (.818) NCAA II
1994-96      Kansas State (3)       61-34 (.642)  21-23 (.477)   2-2 (.500) NCAA I
1997-2000    Texas (4)              84-38 (.689)  58-22 (.725)   6-3 (.667) NCAA I
2001-02      Chico State (2)        34-21 (.618)  26-18 (.591)   ---
2003-04      Northern Michigan (2)  50-8  (.862)  31-5  (.861)   3-2 (.600) NCAA II
2005-present Oregon (4)             76-50 (.675)  28-44 (.388)   4-3 (.571) NCAA I
OVERALL       20 YEARS             428-206(.675) 226-132(.631)  24-12 (.667)