 Moore in 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 5, 1943 Humansville, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 14, 2022 (aged 79) Fullerton, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1977 | Cal State Fullerton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1993 | UCLA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 436–196 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billie Jean Moore (May 5, 1943 – December 14, 2022) was an American college basketball coach. She was the first head coach in women's college basketball history to lead two different schools to national championships.[1] Moore coached the California State-Fullerton Titans from 1969 to 1977, winning the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) national title in her first year in 1970. She led the UCLA Bruins from 1977 to 1993 and won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national title in 1978.[2] Her overall college coaching record was 436–196.[3][4] Moore was the head coach of the first United States women's national basketball team to compete in the Olympics. In 1999 she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
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