Coaching Carousel
Turns out our friend Melanie Moore is heading to Michigan to be Assistant Coach to Kim Barnes Arico. Congratulations Mel! Going from one great coaching staff to another, I have a feeling the Michigan program is going to be a serious powerhouse very quickly.
Our buddy Megan Griffith, the Princeton DOBO the last two years, has been hired as Assistant Coach to Courtney Banghart. Congratulations Meg! I'm sure Melanie will be missed at Princeton but Megan is so smart, such a hard worker and a huge asset to any program.
Hoop Group Tournament this weekend in Northern NJ. Woody gets to play against her old G7 team for the first time. I'm sure it will be awkward for her but I can't wait. G7 is stacked and she can't expect to win although I'm certain she'd LOVE to. She's been playing up to her ability and regaining her confidence the last two months so I just want to see her face her fears and play hard.
Melanie Moore enters her first season as an assistant coach with the University of Michigan women's basketball team. Moore moves to Ann Arbor with 10 years of coaching experience on the collegiate level, including the last five seasons as an assistant at Princeton University (2007-12).
In 2009-10, Princeton finished 26-3 with a perfect 14-0 mark in the League to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The team set numerous records during the year including: most wins in a season (26), winning 25 of those 26 games by double figures, most road victories (14), longest win streak (21), longest home win streak (9), fewest losses (3), best win percentage (.897), most conference wins (14), most points (2051), and highest scoring average (70.7). The Tigers ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense and fifth in scoring margin.
Prior to joining the staff at Princeton, Moore was an assistant coach at Dayton University for one season after gaining experience at both Indiana State and her alma mater, Siena College. Moore graduated from Siena in 1999 with a degree in finance and spent two years following graduation playing professionally in Luxembourg and Israel.
Megan Griffith was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations in July 2010.Griffith is no stranger to the Ivy League as a 2007 graduate of Columbia University and a four-year letterwinner for the women's basketball team. She captained the Lions for three seasons and was named All-Ivy League in 2006 and 2007. Griffith began just the eighth Lion to score over 1,000 points during her career, averaging 10.1 points per game. During her junior year, Griffth ranked 22nd in the nation in assists, averaging 5.5 per game, while chipping in 15.2 points per game. She was twice named Academic All-Ivy and was a member of the Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Team two straight years.
Following graduation, Griffith played three years of professional ball in Europe. She joined FoA Nice Basketball in Forssa, Finland during the 2007-08 season and was named the team's MVP at the close of the season. In 2008-09, Griffith led the Espoo Basket Team to the National Finnish Championship and the Finnish Cup Championship titles. During the year she was also a youth basketball coach for Honka Basketball Club.
This past year, Griffith was a member of the Celeritas-Donar Basketball team in Groningen, Netherlands. In addition she was named a U20 Dames 1 assistant coach and U18 Northern Selection Team assistant coach, while working as a youth coach and clinic director for Celeritas-Donar.
Griffith founded Back to Basics Basketball in 2008, an organization developed to teach basketball skills, while provide training and mentoring in her hometown.
A native of King of Prussia, Pa., Griffith graduated from Columbia with a degree in economics in 2007.
Besides both Megan and Melanie being great coaches, they are also super people who have been very kind and patient in helping GraceAnne with her game the last couple years. They have both worked very hard to achieve the success they've attained. Glad Grace has gotten to know them, they are great role models for GraceAnne!
Our buddy Megan Griffith, the Princeton DOBO the last two years, has been hired as Assistant Coach to Courtney Banghart. Congratulations Meg! I'm sure Melanie will be missed at Princeton but Megan is so smart, such a hard worker and a huge asset to any program.
Hoop Group Tournament this weekend in Northern NJ. Woody gets to play against her old G7 team for the first time. I'm sure it will be awkward for her but I can't wait. G7 is stacked and she can't expect to win although I'm certain she'd LOVE to. She's been playing up to her ability and regaining her confidence the last two months so I just want to see her face her fears and play hard.
"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Melanie Moore enters her first season as an assistant coach with the University of Michigan women's basketball team. Moore moves to Ann Arbor with 10 years of coaching experience on the collegiate level, including the last five seasons as an assistant at Princeton University (2007-12).
During her stint with the Tigers, she worked primarily with the post players and was the recruiting coordinator. Moore helped Princeton post a 95-50 overall and a 65-16 record in the Ivy League. In addition, Princeton finished with two perfect 14-0 Ivy League slates and earned the Ivy League's first-ever women's basketball national ranking in 2012 at No. 24.
She helped guide Princeton to three consecutive Ivy league titles and berths into the NCAA Tournament. Princeton earned the best seed-ever in Ivy League history when it enetered the 2012 NCAA Tournament at No. 9. Entering the 2011-12, Moore was ranked No. 12 on collegeinsiders.com's Top-25 Mid-Major Women's College Basketball Assistants.
The Tigers finished the year at 24-5, 14-0 Ivy, and rode a 17-game winning streak into the NCAA Tournament. Moore also helped capture major milestones in the program's history. The 2010-11 squad posted a 24-5 overall record and earned votes in both national polls throughout the season. The Tigers went 13-1 in the Ivy League to win their second straight championship, earning the program's second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament.
In 2009-10, Princeton finished 26-3 with a perfect 14-0 mark in the League to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The team set numerous records during the year including: most wins in a season (26), winning 25 of those 26 games by double figures, most road victories (14), longest win streak (21), longest home win streak (9), fewest losses (3), best win percentage (.897), most conference wins (14), most points (2051), and highest scoring average (70.7). The Tigers ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense and fifth in scoring margin.Prior to joining the staff at Princeton, Moore was an assistant coach at Dayton University for one season after gaining experience at both Indiana State and her alma mater, Siena College. Moore graduated from Siena in 1999 with a degree in finance and spent two years following graduation playing professionally in Luxembourg and Israel.
She remains the all-time leading rebounder and ranks second in the category in Siena's Division I history, with 1,122 rebounds and 2,021 points. She was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Player of the Year in both 1998 and 1999.
In 2001, Moore returned to Siena as an admissions officer before joining the women's basketball staff as an assistant coach for the 2002-03 season. That year, Siena advanced to the second round of the WNIT, and the Saints followed that up in 2003-04 with a second straight MAAC regular-season title.
A native of Glandorf, Ohio, Moore then moved to Indiana State for a two-year stint from 2004-06. In 2005-06, the Sycamores won 27 games and played in the WNIT.
Moore is married to her husband Joe. They are parents to son Tristin, born on Selection Monday 2011.
Following graduation, Griffith played three years of professional ball in Europe. She joined FoA Nice Basketball in Forssa, Finland during the 2007-08 season and was named the team's MVP at the close of the season. In 2008-09, Griffith led the Espoo Basket Team to the National Finnish Championship and the Finnish Cup Championship titles. During the year she was also a youth basketball coach for Honka Basketball Club.This past year, Griffith was a member of the Celeritas-Donar Basketball team in Groningen, Netherlands. In addition she was named a U20 Dames 1 assistant coach and U18 Northern Selection Team assistant coach, while working as a youth coach and clinic director for Celeritas-Donar.
Griffith founded Back to Basics Basketball in 2008, an organization developed to teach basketball skills, while provide training and mentoring in her hometown.
A native of King of Prussia, Pa., Griffith graduated from Columbia with a degree in economics in 2007.
Besides both Megan and Melanie being great coaches, they are also super people who have been very kind and patient in helping GraceAnne with her game the last couple years. They have both worked very hard to achieve the success they've attained. Glad Grace has gotten to know them, they are great role models for GraceAnne!
Comments
Post a Comment