Chris Moore joined the Men's Basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2022-23. Moore will be assisting Gouard in all facets of the program.
The 2022-23 season saw Moore assist in USI's move to the NCAA Division I, including a winning record during the regular season, an appearance in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, and an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational. USI concluded the first year of NCAA I action with a 16-17 overall mark and a 9-9 record in the conference.
Moore, who came to USI after spending 2020 to 2022 as the director of basketball operations for Recruiting Boost in Greenville, South Carolina, has a wealth of coaching experience at all levels during the last 22 years.
The 2019-20 campaign saw Moore serve as the head basketball coach at Jeffersonville High School (Jeffersonville, Indiana). Moore earned the Hoosier Hills Conference Coach of the Year award after directing the Red Devils to an 18-6 overall record and the conference championship.
Within the OVC, Moore was an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State University (2015-18) and Morehead State University (2006-10). He helped coach three All-OVC performers and the 2017 OVC Freshman of the Year during his tenure at SEMO, while assisting Morehead to the 2009 OVC Tournament title, back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in program history, and coaching the 2008 OVC Freshman of the Year.
In addition to tenures at SEMO and Morehead, Moore made stops at Wright State University (2010-15), Bellarmine University (2003-05), Indiana University-Southeast (2002-03), and the University of Cincinnati (2000-02).
Over the last 23 years, Moore has coached two All-Americans, 20 All-Conference performers, three Freshmen of the Year honorees, 12 1,000-point scorers and 29 players who have gone on to play professionally. He also coached Kenneth Faried (2007-10), who was the 22nd overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets, during his tenure at Morehead.
Ranked as one of the top 25 mid-major assistants in the country according to CoachStat.net and a top five assistant in the Horizon League by Next-Up Recruits after the 2014-15 season, Moore
was a three-time letterman at Kentucky State University, earning Academic All-America honors in 1990-91 and serving as team captain his senior year.
Moore earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Kentucky State and a master's degree in sport administration from the University of Louisville.
