Jim Moran (basketball)
American-Irish basketball player and coach (born 1978)
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James Timothy Moran (born December 3, 1978)[1] is an American-Irish former professional basketball player and current coach who is the associate head coach of the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
| Florida State Seminoles | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate head coach |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 3, 1978 Syosset, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American / Irish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Dominic (Oyster Bay, New York) |
| College | William & Mary (1997–2001) |
| NBA draft | 2001: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2001–2011 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Coaching career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2001–2011 | Gran Canaria |
Coaching | |
| 2015–2021 | Portland Trail Blazers (assistant) |
| 2021–2023 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
| 2023–2024 | Rip City Remix |
| 2024–2025 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
| 2025–present | Florida State (associate HC) |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
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Playing career
Moran was born in Syosset, New York and attended St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay from 1993 to 1997.[1] He played on a state championship team during his prep years.[2] After graduating, Moran played four years of college basketball at William & Mary (1997–2001) where he scored 1,324 points and was a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Team member in his junior and senior seasons.[2]
Moran played his entire professional career for CB Gran Canaria in Spain's Liga ACB (2001 to 2011).[2] On April 21, 2013, Moran became the only player in Gran Canaria history to have his jersey retired.[2] In 10 seasons with the team he recorded 2,060 points, 802 rebounds and 321 assists in 7,452 minutes.[2]
Moran has also competed for Ireland's national team.[2]
Coaching career
In November 2013, Moran began his coaching career as a player development coach for the NBA Development League's Maine Red Claws.[3] He then became the Portland Trail Blazers' associate video coordinator for the 2014–15 season.[4] The Trail Blazers finished that season with a 51–31 record, a Northwest Division championship, and a berth into the Western Conference playoffs as a fourth-seed.[4] Moran was promoted to be a full-time assistant coach upon the start of the 2015–16 season.[4] He then spent the next six years with Portland, but was fired as part of a wholesale coaching staff change at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season.[5] Moran was hired soon thereafter as a top assistant for the Detroit Pistons.[5]
On June 15, 2023, Moran was named the first ever head coach of the Rip City Remix, Portland's G League affiliate.[6]
On July 25, 2024, Moran joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach[7] and on September 9, he was officially named an assistant coach.[8]
On April 21, 2025, Moran was hired to serve as an assistant coach at Florida State under head coach Luke Loucks.[9]