Donald W. "Dudey" Moore (April 5, 1910 – April 8, 1984) was an American
college men's basketball coach. He was the head coach of
Duquesne from 1948 to 1958 and
La Salle from 1958 to 1963. He coached his teams to a 270–107 record, winning the
1955 National Invitation Tournament, five NIT semifinals appearances and making one NCAA tournament appearance. At Duquesne, Moore's team achieved a 17–5 record in the 1949 season, and in 1950, 23 wins and another bid to the NIT. The 1950s marked an age of immense success for Dukes Basketball, with Moore leading his team to six NIT bids, during which time Moore was named "United Press Coach of the Year" and achieved a school-record 21–1 season (1951–52). In 1953, Duquesne was rated as a preseason "best in the East" and possibly the nation. With a 23–2 record, they were top seed for the NIT that year. Although they lost to the College of the Holy Cross, they achieved a new record of 26 victories in a season. Top-seeded again in '54, Duquesne, following a 19–4 regular season, finally won the title of NIT Champions in 1955. Moore coached such players as Chuck Cooper, Si Green, Dick Ricketts, and Bill Raftery.
In college, Moore played for Duquesne under coach
Chick Davies
Lloyd Garrison "Chick" Davies (March 6, 1892 – September 5, 1973) was a professional baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1914–1915) and the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants (1925–1926) as a pitcher and outfielder ...
. He was inducted into the Duquesne athletics Hall of Fame in 1965.
In 1952 he was named the Coach of the Year for college basketball.
He coached Team USA to a gold medal at the
1961 Maccabiah Games
The 6th Maccabiah Games were held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1961, with 1,100 athletes from 27 countries competing in 18 sports. The Games were officially opened in an Opening Ceremony on August 29, 1961, in Ramat Gan Stadium by Israeli President Yit ...
in Israel, with a team that included
Larry Brown (later a 3-time
American Basketball Association All Star), along with
Art Heyman
Arthur Bruce Heyman (June 24, 1941 – August 27, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. Playing for Duke University in college, in 1963 he was USBWA Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, ''Sporting ...
(later the first overall pick in the first round of the
1963 NBA draft
The 1963 NBA draft was the 17th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 30 and May 7, 1963, before the 1963–64 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basket ...
), and
Charley Rosen
Charles Elliot Rosen (born January 18, 1941) is an American author and former basketball player and basketball coach.
Career
The 6' 8" Rosen played college basketball at Hunter College in New York City for three seasons (1959–62), setting s ...
.
Head coaching record
NCAA
References
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1984 deaths
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