Doug Moe

Doug Moe

Moe during his ABA career
Personal information
Born	(1938-09-21) September 21, 1938 (age 78) Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	The Bulllis School (Potomac, Maryland)
College	North Carolina (1958–1961)
NBA draft	1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 22nd overall
Selected by the Chicago Packers
Position	Small forward
Number	34, 15
Coaching career	1972–2008
Career history
As player:
1965–1967	Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova
1967–1968	New Orleans Buccaneers
1968–1969	Oakland Oaks
1969–1970	Carolina Cougars
1970–1972	Virginia Squires
As coach:
1972–1974	Carolina Cougars (asst.)
1974–1976	Denver Nuggets (asst.)
1976–1980	San Antonio Spurs
1980–1991	Denver Nuggets
1992–1993	Philadelphia 76ers
2003–2008	Denver Nuggets (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
As player: ABA champion (1969) 3x ABA All-Star (1968–1970) All-ABA First Team (1968) All-ABA Second Team (1969) First-team All-American – USBWA (1961) Second-team All-American – AP, SN (1961) Third-team All-American – NABC, NEA (1961) 2× First-team All-ACC (1959, 1961) As coach: NBA Coach of the Year (1988) No. 432 retired by Denver Nuggets
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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Douglas Edwin Moe (born September 21, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. As a head coach with the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 1988.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Moe was a star player at the University of North Carolina where he was a two-time All-American. However, his collegiate career ended in controversy when he admitted to being associated with a point shaving scandal. Moe received $75 from fix conspirator Aaron Wagman to fly to a meeting in New Jersey, arranged by Moe's friend conspirator Lou Brown, but Moe reportedly turned down an offer to throw games. There is no evidence that Moe was ever involved in a fix conspiracy, but his ties to the scandal blemished his reputation.

He was selected in the NBA draft in 1960 by the Detroit Pistons and again in 1961 with the Chicago Packers, but began his pro career in the Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro with the Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova, and later in the American Basketball Association with the New Orleans Buccaneers, Oakland Oaks, Washington Caps, Carolina Cougars and Virginia Squires. He garnered ABA All-Star honors three times in an injury-shortened five-year professional playing career.

Moe became a head coach in 1976–77, after serving as an assistant coach for the Carolina Cougars. Moe worked behind the bench for 15 years, ten of them with the Denver Nuggets. He also had stops in San Antonio and Philadelphia.