UTC Women's Basketball Coach Wes Moore
photo by Wes Schultz
Connie Yori, Nebraska coach
photo by Nebraska Sports Information
UTC Coach Wes Moore
photo by Tim Evearitt
Nebraska Coach Connie Yori
photo by Nebraska Sports Information
UTC Coach Wes Moore
photo by Tim Evearitt
Nebraska Coach Connie Yori
photo by Nebraska Sports Infomation
Two outstanding NCAA D-I women’s basketball coaches - Wes Moore (UTC) and Connie Yori (Nebraska) - face each other Saturday in College Station, Texas as Chattanooga and Nebraska meet in a first round game of the 2013 NCAA Women’s D-I Basketball tournament.
NCAA First Round Game: No.6 Nebraska (23-8) vs. No.11 Chattanooga (29-3)
Time: 6:30 p.m. at Reed Arena on Texas A&M campus ...
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Radio: 105.1 FM ESPN The Zone ... Larry Ward, play-by-play
Wes Moore, 15th season at Chattanooga … Connie Yori, 11th season at Nebraska
Yori was a four-time all-state softball player in Iowa ... led Ankeny HS to state titles in basketball (6-on-6) once and softball (3x)
National Coach of the Year: Yori was Kay Yow National Coach of the Year in 2010 … Wes Moore was an assistant under Coach Yow at N.C. State (1993-94 and 1994-95) …
NCAA Veterans: Yori has taken seven teams to NCAA tourneys (including this season)… Creighton (2) and Nebraska (5) and has a post-season record of 3-6, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2010.
Moore is in his ninth year in the NCAAs with Chattanooga (1-7)… also took Maryville College (D-III) to five NCAA tourneys, including the Sweet 16 and Francis Marion (D-II) twice, including the Final Four in 1998.
20-Win Seasons (three colleges): Moore (20) … Yori (8)
30-Win Seasons (three colleges): Yori (1, 32-2 in 2010) … Moore (1, 30-3 at Francis Marion in 1998)
NCAA Final Four: Moore (1 … Francis Marion ... D-II in 1998) … Yori (none)
NCAA Sweet Sixteen: Moore (2 … Maryville, Francis Marion) … Yori (1 … Nebraska, 2010)
Conference Coach of the Year: Moore - 7, UTC (6), Francis Marion (1) … Yori – 3 (Missouri Valley, Big 12, Big 10)
Three Stops Each - Both have been head coaches at three colleges …
At the D-III Level - Moore was at Maryville (Tenn.) Univ. for six years (1988-1993) and Yori was at Loras College for two (1991, 1992), but the two teams never played.
Coach Moore was at Francis Marion (D-II) for three years before coming to UTC for the 1998-99 season.
Coach Yori was at her alma mater, Creighton, for 10 years (2 trips to the NCAA) before taking over at Nebraska for the 2002-03 season
Both Coaches Have Two Seniors ... UTC guards Kayla Christopher (227 career 3s) and Kylie Lambert …
Nebraska has guard Lindsey Moore (170 career 3s) and forward Meghin Williams
Both have master’s degrees … Moore in Physical Education … Yori in Sports Administration
Halls of Fame: Yori (2 – Creighton and Iowa Girls HS HOF for softball and basketball)
Moore (2 – UTC and Greater Chattanooga Sports HOF)
Approaching 1,000 Wins: Together, Moore and Yori have won 966 games at six schools …
Moore is 558-168 in 24 years, while Yori is 408-274 in 23 seasons …
Moore is 358-112 at UTC … Yori is 213-174 at Nebraska
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net