Montreat Athletics announced the hiring of Jamie Moore as head coach for the women’s basketball program earlier this month.
Moore spent time at five different girls high school programs in the state of Texas, most recently Italy High School for the 2021-22 school year. The Italy, Texas native also led teams at Crane High School, New Braunfels High School, Seguin High School and Clifton High School since 2016-17. During the 2020-21 season at Crane, Moore tallied a 19-8 (9-1) record, helping the team to a district championship and picking up District 5-AAA Coach of the Year honors.
“Throughout the hiring process, Coach Moore continued to exhibit an extraordinary vision for our women’s basketball program that seamlessly aligned with our college and athletic department. Her relationship-driven approach to coaching and passion for developing student-athletes holistically was evident from our first conversation,” said Director of Athletics Garrett Jones. “Her passion for pursuing competitive excellence is second-to-none and I’m confident she will have our women’s basketball program competing at a high level within the AAC and NAIA for many years to come.”
Before stints at high schools in her home state, Moore acted as a physical education teacher, volleyball coach and basketball coach at Antilles School on the island of St. Thomas, part of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Prior to her coaching career, Moore was a graduate assistant at NCAA Division I Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Islanders secured winning seasons in 2013-14 and 2014-15, while Moore worked under Royce Chadwick, who was Southland Conference Coach of the Year for 2013-14.
“I am so honored to be named the head coach of the Cavaliers women’s basketball program. I can’t think of a better place to call home than Montreat. It is such a blessing to serve as a coach and mentor to these young ladies, push them to compete and glorify God through the game and build a perennial contender,” said Moore of her hiring.
Moore played on the women’s basketball team at Southwestern Assemblies of God University for the 2006-07 season and graduated from Texas State with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2011 before earning her masters in exercise physiology from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2016. She and her husband, Justin, have two children, Braxton and Finley.
