Soccer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- bmoore@sports.uga.edu
Brian Moore joined the University of Georgia soccer staff as an assistant coach in January of 2015. He came to UGA after spending 23 years in Georgia youth soccer leagues holding a variety of different coaching positions. Most recently, Moore served as the Concorde Fire ECNL Director while also serving on the ECNL Board of Directors as the Southeast Conference Chairperson. Heis still a U.S. Soccer National Training Center coach.
In 2015, Moore helped guide the Bulldogs to several landmark victories. On Sept. 27, Moore led UGA to a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Texas A&M, marking the highest-ranked team that Georgia has ever defeated and the first win against the Aggies in school history. Moore’s role included pre-game scouting of opponents that led to UGA earning victories against two top-20 tanked teams and a bid to the 2015 SEC Tournament.
Moore has served as the South Program Director and ECNL Director of the Concorde Fire Youth Soccer Club in Atlanta since 2005. Moore was responsible for establishing the club's involvement in the ECNL and was named the ECNL Director in 2009. He coached four state championship teams and won two Region Titles, three Premier League East Titles and earned a berth in the 2011 Southern Regional and ECNL National Semifinals.
Since 2002, Moore has coached 13 Georgia Youth Soccer state championship teams, 10 USYSA Georgia Youth Soccer state runner-ups, three USYS Southern Regional Championship teams, one USYSA national runner-upin 2002, and one USYSA National Championship team (U19 in 2003). He has coached 18 US Soccer Youth Women's National Team players, two of which appeared in the 2012 U17 World Cup. He also coached 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist and 2009 NCAA Hermann Trophy winner Kelley O'Hara.
Moore played collegiately at Maryville College where he was a two-time team captain in 1989 and 1990, earning NCAA Division III All-South first team honors in 1990. Moore earned his degree in Business Administration from Maryville in 1991 and then went on to play semi-professionally in the USISL for the Atlanta Magic and was named the Final Four MVP of the 1993 USISL Indoor National Championships.
Moore also played professionally for the Dayton Dynamo and the Cincinnati Silverbacks NPSL indoor teams from 1995-96 and was the third leading scorer for the professional outdoor A-League Atlanta Ruckus from 1995-96the year that the A-League was the top league in the US (MLS started in 1996). He holds a USSF "A" License.EndFragment
