UConn men’s basketball general manager Tom Moore, who spent 21 seasons in Storrs across two stints, starting in 1994 when he joined Jim Calhoun’s staff, is announcing his retirement.
“It has been an honor to spend my entire professional life coaching college basketball,” Moore said in a statement from the school. “I’d like to thank all the players I’ve coached and all the men I’ve shared the sideline with... My family has made tremendous sacrifices to support my career and I could not have done this without them. Sincere thanks to Coach Calhoun and Coach Hurley for believing in me at the beginning and conclusion of my coaching career. To work alongside two of the greatest coaches in college basketball history was a blessing I could have never imagined when I began this journey.”
Moore was part of two Husky national championship teams in 1999 and 2004 under Calhoun before taking the head coaching gig at Quinnipiac in 2007. He stayed there until 2017, after which he joined Dan Hurley’s staff at Rhode Island. The next year, Hurley went to UConn and Moore went with him. Together they restored the Husky program and even brought it to new heights.
Last offseason, as the program was looking to fill the general manager role, Moore moved into that post, taking on NIL, recruiting, and roster-building duties, something he was doing in the past from his assistant-coaching position anyway. UConn added Mike Nardi to the coaching staff with the opening created.
Moore has been a fixture as a representative of the program at various events, including most recently at the Coaches Roadshow, where he “pinch hit” for Hurley, sharing his thoughts on Braylon Mullins’ buzzer-beater against Duke and optimism for the program’s future.
“I can’t thank Tom enough for his dedication to the Connecticut basketball program through the years,” head coach Dan Hurley said. “He has been a loyal and trusted assistant to me for the last decade and is a true UConn man... his insight both on and off the court led to great success as UConn’s first general manager, helping build the rosters that led to the winningest run in program history.”
