A new era of Southeastern Louisiana women’s basketball was ushered in on April 4, 2014, when two-time WNBA champion and successful junior college head coach Yolanda Moore was named the fifth head women’s basketball coach in school history.
Moore spent the 2013-14 season as the head coach at LSU Eunice. Taking over a program that had won 17 games combined in the previous two seasons, Moore led the Lady Bengals to a 26-3 overall record and the program’s first-ever Miss-Lou Conference championship.
LSU Eunice was ranked as high as No. 22 in the NJCAA Division I national rankings, thanks in large part to the commitment to defense by the 2013-14 NJCAA Region 23 Coach of the Year. The Lady Bengals finished the season ranked sixth nationally in scoring defense, holding opponents to just 39.9 points per game.
A 2010 inductee into the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame, Moore was a three-time All-Southeastern Conference post player for the Lady Rebels, including earning unanimous first team All-SEC honors in her final two seasons. Moore went on to become a player in the inaugural seasons of the WNBA and was a member of the champion Houston Comets during the league’s first two years.
Following her playing career, Moore put her Ole Miss degree in radio and television to work. In addition to serving as a women’s college basketball analyst for Fox Sports South in 2005, she was the postgame radio analyst for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzles in 2007.
Moore also has extensive experience as both a consultant and motivational speaker. She released her first book, “You Will Win If You Don’t Quit”, in September 2012.
Moore, a Port Gibson, Miss. native, is the mother of four and has a grandson.
