James Moore

Head Coach | 19th Season | 190-126-35

Coach Moore is entering his 19th year at the helm of the Georgian Court University women's soccer program in 2023. Under his leadership, the Lions have emerged as a perennial power in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.

With 190 career wins, Moore ranks as the all-time winningest coach in CACC women’s soccer history. He also ranks among the Top-40 in career wins among all active NCAA Division II women’s soccer coaches. A three time CACC Coach of the Year, he has six regular season and three post season championships to his credit.

Moore has coached and developed five All Americans, 30 players who were named to an All Region team and over 50 all conference players during his tenure at Georgian Court.

Moore was selected to the NCAA D2 National Women’s soccer committee in 2016 and unanimously elected to the National Chair position in 2018 serving in that role until 2020. During his time as the Chair he oversaw the NCAA Tournament selection process, the regional rankings and the Final Four weekend among other duties required by the position.

Serving as the NCAA East Region’s Chair of the Regional Advisory Committee, the CACC representative to the NCAA National Coaches Connection and Chairing the CACC coaches committee are other positions Coach Moore currently holds.

Along with coaching at Georgian Court, Moore was named the Director of Coaching for New Jersey Rush in June 2020 and is a senior staff member and Director of Goalkeeping at Toms River FC where he trains various youth teams along with developing the organizations goaltenders. He won the 2015 US Club soccer New Jersey State Championship with the TRFC Everton team. He was also the recipient of the GCU student services “Outstanding Service” award for the 2008/2009 academic year.

Before coming to Georgian Court, Moore served as an assistant coach at Bryant University for six seasons. While at Bryant, Moore played a crucial role in turning around a Bulldog program which had not posted a winning season since 1993, helping the team earn its first national ranking and first NCAA Tournament bid in 2001. Bryant won 48 games in four seasons from 2001 to 2004 while Moore was on the staff.

A 1996 graduate of Providence College, Moore made his first foray into coaching soon after, obtaining an assistant women’s coaching position at his alma mater in 1998. While at Providence, Moore served as a student assistant on the 1993 team that won the Big East Championship and went to the Sweet 16 in the National Tournament.

Moore has earned both a National and Advanced National License from the NSCAA and has been a member of that organization since 1993.

Originally from Melville, NY, Moore and his wife, Kate, currently reside in Burlington, New Jersey with their daughter, Meghan, son, Patrick, and daughter, Bridget.

James Moore Year-by-Year

Year

School

Overall

Conf.

2005

Georgian Court

2-14-1

2-8-1

2006

Georgian Court

11-7-3

7-1-2

2007

Georgian Court

14-9-0

9-2-0

2008

Georgian Court^*

12-7-5

7-1-3

2009

Georgian Court#

15-8-0

10-2-0

2010

Georgian Court^*

11-9-2

6-5-1

2011

Georgian Court

11-9-0

7-5-0

2012

Georgian Court

10-8-2

8-4-0

2013

Georgian Court

10-6-3

8-2-2

2014

Georgian Court

10-6-4

7-4-1

2015

Georgian Court#

15-3-2

11-0-1

2016

Georgian Court#

14-5-1

9-2-1

2017

Georgian Court^#*

16-4-2

12-0-0

2018

Georgian Court#

13-4-1

11-0-1

2019

Georgian Court

14-6-1

9-2-1

2020

Georgian Court!

2-2-0

2-2-0

2021

Georgian Court

6-12-1

5-6-0

2022

Georgian Court

4-7-7

3-5-4

Totals

190-126-35

133-51-20

*NCAA Tournament

#CACC Regular Season Champions

^CACC Tournament Champions

!Shortened season played spring 2021 due to COVID-19