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RELEASE: NC State’s Wes Moore Selected as Naismith Coach of the Year Semifinalist

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ATLANTA – The No. 9/9 NC State women’s basketball team’s head coach Wes Moore has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year.

Coach Moore is one of 10 coaches across the country named as a semifinalist and one of two from the ACC. Moore is a prior four-time finalist for the award (2014, 2019, 2021 and 2022) and this year marks his third time as a semifinalist, also being named one in 2017 and 2020.

In his 12th season at the helm, 36th overall, Coach Moore has led the Wolfpack to a 26-6 overall record, as well as an ACC Regular Season Co-Championship after finishing 16-2 in the league.