Mariya Moore came to the Hilltop in 2023 as an assistant coach. Previously, she was at Saint Mary’s College where she spent two years as an assistant for the Gaels after a successful college career.
In her first season, Georgetown had a historic year as the Blue & Gray advanced to the BIG EAST Championship for the first time in program history and participated in the inaugural Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament. Individually, the Hoyas boasted the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, a BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award winner, the BIG EAST Sixth Woman and a First Team All-BIG EAST honoree.
The squad managed a record of 23-12 marking the first 20-win season since 2011-12. Along the way to the championship game, the Hoyas managed two upsets including a win over nationally-ranked Creighton who was sitting at No. 21 in the AP Poll at the time. Georgetown was one of the top teams in the country on the defensive end of the floor with a top 10 ranking for much of the season.
In two seasons at Saint Mary’s, Moore helped the Gaels to the 2022 WBI Championship, 31 wins and a victory in the West Coast Conference Tournament. She mentored players that received six all-conference honors as well as one player that competed at the State Farm, College Slam 3-Point Championships.
Moore was responsible for player development and scouting, along with being an academic liaison, fundraising coordinator, and community service coordinator. In 2023, she was named to the WBCA Thirty Under 30 which recognizes 30 up-and-coming women's basketball coaches aged 30 and under at all levels of the game.
Moore enjoyed incredible success as a player during her collegiate career, beginning at Louisville and ending at USC. As a freshman guard with the Cardinals, Moore was named to the ACC All-Freshman team, as well as earning Second Team All-ACC honors. She landed on the All-ACC team during all three seasons at Louisville, culminating in WBCA All-American honorable mention honors as a sophomore after averaging 14.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game. She was selected to the Naismith Trophy Watch List three times at Louisville.
The Richmond, California native transferred to USC after her junior season and wrapped up her collegiate career during the 2018-19 academic year with the Trojans, where she made the All-Pac 12 honorable mention list after averaging 13.0 ppg and knocking down 59 3-pointers.
Moore has extensive international experience prior to her collegiate days, winning two gold medals for the United States. In 2014, she took home gold with the USA Women's U-18 team at the 2014 FIBA Americas U-18 Championship, and again the next year with Team USA at the 2015 FIBA U-19 World Championship in Russia. She also competed at the USA Basketball Women's U-23 team trials.
A product of Salesian High School, Moore was a 2014 McDonald's All-American and racked up a host of awards during her high school career, including USA Today All-California First Team and the San Francisco Chronicle Player of the Year award twice.
