Honorary Coach for the Day with Harvard Women's Basketball

Bidding Supports: HARVARD VARSITY CLUB INC (BOSTON, MA)

Item Number
203
Value:
Priceless
Online Close:
2023-03-26 21:00:00.0  –  Bid Extension
Bid History:
5 Bids

Description

At a mutually agreed upon date for the 2023-24 non-conference season, the winning bidder will serve as "Honorary Coach for the Day" for the Women's Basketball Coaching Staff and Head Coach Carrie Moore

The one (1) winning bidder will sit with the staff on the bench for the game and will be invited to attend the team's pre-game shootaround or walkthrough. They will also have the chance to meet with Head Coach Carrie Moore and her staff to talk strategy, outlook for the game, and discuss how they approach preparing for various stages of the season.

Take advantage of the unique opportunity to see how one of the premier teams in the Ivy League prepares for competition. Get your own private, behind the scenes look into the staff's strategy and mindset before and during competition!

This experience is for one (1) person. 

Head Coach Carrie Moore

Carrie Moore was named The Kathy Delaney-Smith Head Coach For Harvard Women?s Basketball, Erin McDermott, The John D. Nichols '53 Family Director of Athletics, announced on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Moore, the fourth head coach in program history, arrives in Cambridge from Michigan where she helped the Wolverines to the Elite 8 round of the 2022 NCAA tournament.

In her one season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in Ann Arbor, Moore guided Michigan to a 25-7 record (13-4 Big Ten) and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Wolverines entered the postseason ranked 12th in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, marking the program's highest regular-season-ending ranking in school history.

At the individual level, Moore helped Naz Hillmon become Michigan's first player to garner AP All-America First-Team honors, while coaching five All-Big Ten selections in 2021-22.

Prior to returning to her home state of Michigan, Moore spent two seasons at North Carolina, serving as the program's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. During her time in Chapel Hill, she guided the Tar Heels to the 2021 NCAA tournament and signed a pair of highly regarded recruiting classes. Her 2019 class was considered the 10th-best nationally, while the 2020 group was ranked third as it featured three McDonald's All-Americans.

Along her path to Harvard included two different stints at Ivy League member Princeton. Before heading to UNC, Moore was an assistant coach for the Tigers, coaching Princeton to back-to-back Ivy regular-season and tournament titles (2017-18, 2018-19) en route to a pair of NCAA appearances, and a berth in the 2017 WNIT. She also served as the Tigers' director of operations for two seasons (2008-09, 2009-10), with the 2009-10 team capturing the Ivy championship and reaching the NCAA tournament.

In between her stints at Princeton was a five-year run at Creighton. As an assistant from 2010-15, Moore helped the Bluejays reach the postseason each year, including consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament in 2012 and 2013, a feat that had never been accomplished in program history.

Before embarking on a successful coaching career, Moore was a standout player at Western Michigan, where she scored a school-record 2,216 points.

Item Special Note

Item must be redeemed during the non-conference portion of the team's 2023-24 schedule at a game to be mutually agree upon by the Harvard Women's Basketball coaching staff and winning bidder.