Moore Surpasses 600 Career Wins in Historic 2023 Seasons

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – In a season in which the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi tennis programs won three championships, Steve Moore reached a milestone with 611 wins as a head coach in his career.
 
Moore becomes one of the few head coaches in the country to reach the 600-win plateau. It includes 555 wins at A&M-Corpus Christi since arriving in 2006 after starting the program from scratch in 1998.
 
The 13-time SLC Coach of the Year winner has brought the Islanders to 15 NCAA Tournaments, the most in Southland Conference history for any sport. The 600th win came on April 14 when the men defeated Lamar 5-2 on the road.
 
"What's special is how we've done this as a team together with Aurelian Tave, Olga Bazhanova, Goncalo Figueiredo, Jason Holland and others. With the values of family, high character players only, team first and Islanders 'Real World Training' philosophy. Our players have been truly like family, and you see that in action by how many stay here to coach and remain so close long after they graduate. The coaches and players are pillars in each other's lives," Moore said.
 
Under Moore, the A&M-Corpus Christi women hoist a 110-37 Southland Conference record, while the men are 73-9. Furthermore, the women are 21-8 in the SLC Tournament and the men are 25-5.
 
Over the last three seasons since the COVID-19 restart, A&M-Corpus Christi has won eight championships and has made five NCAA Tournament appearances. It included both the men and women going in both 2021 and 2023. A&M-Corpus Christi is 1 of 29 Division I schools in America with both the men and women at the NCAA Championships this past season.
 
"The leadership here at A&M-Corpus Christi has been incredible and so supportive of the values we coach. I'm so grateful to our president, AD leadership and the most special donor base in the nation that support us. I drive to work every day excited to see these players because of their character and the support we receive. We say Islanders family always, and these coaches and players have poured their hearts into living that," Moore said.
 
This past year, the Islanders landed nine All-Conference selections and seven All-Academic honorees. It included SLC Student-Athlete of the Year Pascal Lorieul and SLC Newcomer of the Year Naomi Moi McKenzie. Women's tennis submitted a 25-3 record and were undefeated in conference, while the men were 20-8.
 
Additionally, women's tennis recorded the highest GPA on campus this past semester with a 3.97. Islanders Tennis has been above 3.0 in 41 straight semesters.
 
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 16 NCAA Tournaments
- 33 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 41 Straight Semesters
- Islanders have received a No. 3 seed at the NCAA Tournament three times
- Women's tennis has cracked the ITA top-75 national rankings three times
- Men's tennis has cracked the ITA national rankings 10 consecutive years
- Ranked nationally in NCAA DI as high as No. 35 for the men and No. 60 for the women
 
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