Ronald Moore has been named an assistant coach under Fran McCaffery, Penn men's basketball announced this past Friday.
He is the third coach to join head coach Fran McCaffery's staff, following Tristan Spurlock and Ben Luber. After retiring from a professional playing career in Europe in 2021, Moore has been running a youth basketball program with his brother, who formerly played basketball at Vanderbilt.
After attending Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, which is only 20 miles from Penn's campus, he went to Siena College under the leadership of none other than Fran McCaffery. He flourished under McCaffery’s leadership and racked up some impressive numbers. Moore graduated as Siena’s all-time leader in assists and was the NCAA leader in assists in 2010. His class won a program record of 97 wins and was the only class to have four 20-win seasons.
He was later inducted into the Siena College Hall of Fame in 2017.
After college, he went Europe to play professionally, beginning in the Slovak Basketball League for a season before moving to the Polish Basketball League. During his 11 years in Europe, he played for 10 different teams.
In 2021, he moved back to Philadelphia and founded Moore Brothers Basketball with his brother, Chuck Moore, who is currently a coach for Plymouth Whitemarsh High School. The company was created to boost youth engagement and excellence in basketball by holding clinics, personal training camps, and running competitive AAU teams.
“Ronald has a tremendous personality, and I get excited when I think about him working with our players on a daily basis,” McCaffery shared in a statement made through Penn Athletics. "I believe he will be excellent in every capacity of coaching, from recruiting and scouting to player development.”
Just as McCaffery had an ear-catching nickname during his college days, being known as “White Magic,” at Siena, Moore was known as Ronald “Rizz” Moore. When asked what he liked most about Coach McCaffery, his answer was “his sense of humor.”
Moore rounds out the assistant coach trio nicely, bringing his relationship with McCaffery and his passion and investment in basketball to the table. Combined with Spurlock’s player development experience and Fuller’s recruiting, Moore is excited for his future with the Red and Blue.
“I look forward to working with him and helping bring Penn Basketball back to its place as the flagship program in the Ivy League,” Moore said in a statement through Penn Athletics.
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