The 2014-15 season is the first for Shireyll Moore with the New Haven women's basketball team. Moore most recently served as an assistant at Division I Lafayette College.
Moore spent four seasons at Lafayette working alongside Hall of Fame head coach Dianne Nolan. In addition to her contributions to the program’s recruiting and scouting efforts, Moore worked with the Leopards' wings and small forwards and coordinated team travel. Prior to joining the Lafayette staff, she spent the 2009-10 basketball season as the assistant girls' basketball coach at her alma mater of Mount Vernon (N.Y.) High School.
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Moore gained collegiate playing experience at Fairfield University from 2005-09. The Stags went 40-22 over her final two seasons, each of which ended in the semifinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. Moore's 117 games played at Fairfield rank her among the program's all-time leaders.
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The native of Mount Vernon, N.Y. graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Fairfield and earned a Master's degree at West Virginia University, where her father, Lowes, earned All-America honors prior to a career in the NBA. At Fairfield, Moore was a Dean's List student, a three-time MAAC All-Academic selection and represented the University at an NCAA Leadership Conference in 2008.
