University of Michigan women’s basketball head coach Kim Barnes Arico announced Friday (May 7) the addition of Michigan native Carrie Moore to her coaching staff as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator. Moore starred at Detroit Country Day and Western Michigan during her playing days and has had coaching stops at North Carolina, Princeton and Creighton.
“Carrie is a star in the business and will help us continue to elevate Michigan women’s basketball,” Barnes Arico said. “She is one of the best players to come through the state, helping Detroit Country Day to two state titles and leading the nation in scoring as a senior at Western Michigan. Carrie has shown that she can both recruit the best in the country and develop players to be successful at the highest level. I am so excited to bring Carrie back home to Michigan.”
“I am thrilled for the opportunity to continue doing what I love at arguably the greatest university in the world,” Moore said. “Michigan is committed to excellence in every way and represents all that I believe in regarding a true student-athlete experience. Coach Arico is a proven winner and someone who I have admired for years. Working with her to elevate our women’s basketball program to even greater heights, and to come home while doing so, is the opportunity of a lifetime. I can’t wait to get to work!”
Moore comes to Michigan after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at North Carolina, helping the Tar Heels to the 2021 NCAA Tournament. She was instrumental in spearheading UNC’s recruiting efforts, helping sign the No. 10-ranked recruiting class in 2019 and the No. 3-ranked recruiting class in 2020 that featured three McDonald’s All-Americans.
Prior to her time in Chapel Hill, Moore spent the previous three seasons (2016-19) as an assistant coach at Princeton as part of two different stints with the Tigers. During her three seasons as an assistant, Princeton won back-to-back Ivy League regular-season and tournament championships (2018, 2019) while making a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and one WNIT appearance. She also served as the director of operations for two seasons (2008-10), as she was part of Princeton’s first NCAA Tournament team (2010).
Moore was an assistant coach at Creighton from 2010-15, helping the Bluejays to postseason appearances in all five seasons, including back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in program history (2012 and 2013).
Moore starred at Western Michigan, scoring a school-record 2,216 points during her career, with 813 of those coming during her senior season. Moore was named the 2007 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year after leading the NCAA in scoring with 25.4 points per game, marking the first time a MAC player won the scoring crown. She also was named to the Academic All-America second team and was a Senior CLASS Award nominee during her senior campaign.
She set nine school records and four MAC records as a Bronco and graduated magna cum laude from WMU in 2007 with a degree in journalism.
Moore signed WNBA free agent contracts with both the Phoenix Mercury and Chicago Sky. She played professionally for one season in Poland following her collegiate career.
