Instead of losing another player this time, UCONN has lost another coach to another school. On Thursday, the worst kept secret in Connecticut was made official when UCONN associate head coach, Tom Moore, was named the head basketball coach at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.
Moore had been at UCONN for 13 years as an assistant and spent the last two years as the associate head coach. His main responsibility at UCONN has been recruiting. Given the success that he has had in getting top flight recruits including Richard Hamilton, Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Rudy Gay, Caron Butler, Charlie Villanueva, Marcus Williams, Jake Voskuhl, Kevin Ollie, Hilton Armstrong and Josh Boone, he could bring the Bobcats’ program to a new level.
He is the 7th former assistant coach of Calhoun’s to leave for brighter pastures. He joins fellow UCONN brethren Howie Dickenman (Central Connecticut), Dave Leitao (Virginia), Karl Hobbs (George Washington), Glen Miller (Pennsylvania), Steve Pikiell (Stony Brook) and Ted Woodward (Maine).
