Interview with Men's Basketball Head Coach Tamara Moore

Published: March 13, 2021, 1:30 a.m.

Tamara Moore (born April 11, 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is the current men's basketball head coach at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota. Moore was a professional basketball player who competed in the WNBA and Europe, and is the only female head coach of a collegiate men's basketball team.Moore played for Minneapolis North High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was named a 1998 WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored thirteen points. Graduating from Minneapolis North in 1998, Moore guided the Lady Polars to a state championship and was named Minnesota Miss Basketball Moore attended college at University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated in 2002.In April 2020, she was hired as the men's basketball and softball coach at Mesabi Range College. Moore became the second female head coach of a men's team after Kerri-Ann McTiernan coached Kingsborough Community College in the 1990s. She became the 1st African-American female to accomplish the title. sportstalkwithfriends.com