Teri Moren - Women's Basketball Coach - Indiana University Athletics

Teri Moren

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
wbasket@iu.edu
Phone:
(812) 855-3013
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Teri Moren, the all-time winningest head coach in Indiana women’s basketball history, is in her 12^th season as head coach of the Hoosiers in 2025-26.

In her 11 seasons at the helm, Indiana has appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments with three Sweet Sixteens and an Elite Eight appearance while winning the 2023 Big Ten regular season title along with 10-straight 20-win seasons. Moren is two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2016, 2023) and 2023 Associated Press National Coach of the Year honoree

She owns a record of 246-112 in 11 years leading the Hoosiers and in 22 seasons as a head coach, she holds a 445-242 record entering the 2025-26 season. Her tenure has seen 36 All-Big Ten selections from 14 different players and the program’s first first-team All-American in Mackenzie Holmes. A total of three players have scooped up 16 All-America honors from the Associated Press and WBCA.

Indiana had three players selected in the three-straight WNBA Drafts (2022-24), highlighted by seventh overall pick Grace Berger in 2023. Ali Patberg (2022) and Mackenzie Holmes (2024) have also been selected in the draft in Moren’s tenure. Moren, who hails from Seymour, Indiana, has coached 37 All-Big Ten honorees including 12 All-Big Ten first team selections.

Moren spent four years with USA Basketball, securing four gold medals in her appearances with the organization – 2025 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup, 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup, 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup and 2022 FIBA Women's U18 Americas Championship. In her first stint with the organization, Moren was a court coach for 2019 Women’s U19 World Cup trials.

The 2024-25 seasons saw the Hoosiers go 20-13 and advance to the NCAA second round for the seventh-straight appearance in the postseason dance.

Her 2023-24 Indiana squad advanced to the regional semifinal for the third time in four years and finished 26-6 overall. The Hoosiers set four new program records including field goal percentage (50.4), 3-pointers made (268), 3-point percentage (39.6) and assists (591). Four players earned All-Big Ten honors with another pair of first team selections in Mackenzie Holmes and Sara Scalia. Indiana also completed a perfect record at home by going 15-0 in action inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

In 2022-23, she guided the program to its first regular season Big Ten championship in 40 years and is a two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2016, 2023), 2023 Associated Press National Coach of the Year and 2023 Kay Yow Award winner, presented annually to the Division I women’s head college basketball coach who embodies a winning spirit while displaying great character, on and off the court.

Placing a priority on academics through her mantra “Graduate. Win. Serve” Moren’s Hoosiers have earned 66 Academic All-Big Ten selections, most recently with all nine eligible players placing on the list for 2023-24 and 2024-25. Four players have earned five CSC Academic All-American honors in her tenure, most recently with Mackenzie Holmes and Grace Berger both earning All-American status in 2022-23. Ali Patberg earned Academic All-American honors in 2020-21 and Amanda Cahill became the program’s second in 2017-18 back-to-back CoSIDA Academic All-American with a 3.92 GPA in Elementary education. In all, IU has had 12 CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees in her tenure.

Teri Moren Head Coaching History
At UIndy
2000-01	14-13 (10-10 GLVC)
2001-02	15-11 (11-9 GLVC)
2002-03	29-3 (18-2 GLVC) GLVC Champions, NCAA DII Second Round
2003-04	23-9 (14-6 GLVC) NCAA DII Second Round
2005-06	11-16 (6-13 GLVC)
2006-07	16-11 (9-10 GLVC)
At Indiana State
2010-11	16-16 (8-10 MVC)
2011-12	15-16 (9-9 MVC)
2012-13	18-13 (10-8 MVC) WNIT First Round
2013-14	20-12 (14-4 MVC) MVC Champions, WNIT First Round
At Indiana
2014-15	15-16 (4-14 B1G)
2015-16	21-12 (12-6 B1G) NCAA Second Round
2016-17	23-11 (10-6 B1G) WNIT Quarterfinals
2017-18	23-14 (9-7 B1G) WNIT Champions
2018-19	21-13 (8-10 B1G) NCAA Second Round
2019-20	24-8 (13-5 B1G)
2020-21	21-6 (16-2 B1G) NCAA Elite Eight
2021-22	24-9 (11-5 B1G) NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2022-23	28-4 (16-2 B1G) Big Ten Champions, NCAA Second Round
2023-24	26-6 (15-3 B1G) NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2024-25	20-13 (10-8 B1G) NCAA Second Round

In 2022-23, the Hoosiers made history yet again as a program, earning its first ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and winning a program-best 28 games. They also tied the school record with 16 wins in the Big Ten, claiming the outright regular season championship, its first in 40 years and second in the school’s history. Indiana had a record nine wins over Top 25 teams and five wins over teams in the Top 10. For the first time, the Hoosiers hailed six All-Big Ten selections and boasted the first-ever first team All-American in Mackenzie Holmes, who was awarded by the WBCA, USWBA and Associated Press. For the seventh-consecutive season, Indiana kept hold of the Barn Burner Trophy as it swept in-state and Big Ten foe Purdue yet again. Indiana was ranked in every AP and WBCA/USA Today coaches poll throughout the 2022-23 season.

Her 2021-22 squad finished 24-9 overall and earned the program’s highest ever NCAA Tournament seed at No. 3. For the first time ever, Indiana women’s basketball hosted NCAA first and second round games inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as her squad defeated Charlotte and Princeton to advance to the Bridgeport regional. IU advanced to its first Big Ten Tournament championship game in 20 years in Moren’s eighth season and beat rival Maryland twice. All five starters earned All-Big Ten honors in the annual postseason awards including All-Big Ten first team Grace Berger. The Hoosiers also earned a trio of second team selections in Mackenzie Holmes, Aleksa Gulbe and Nicole Cardaño-Hillary and honorable mention honors for Ali Patberg. In addition, Holmes and Berger brought in All-American honorable mention honors from the Associated Press and USWBA (Berger) and WBCA (Holmes and Berger). During the season, Moren reached her 100^th win inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in a victory on Feb. 17 against Northwestern and retained the Barn Burner Trophy for the sixth-straight meeting in the series with in-state rival Purdue. IU maintained a solid position inside the top 15 through the entire season, rising to as high as No. 4 in the Associated Press and No. 5 in the USA Today/WBCA coaches poll.

In the 2020-21 season, the Hoosiers set a program-record 16 wins in Big Ten play. Her squad finished the season with an overall record of 21-6 and 16-2 in the Big Ten, winning its last nine-straight in the regular season.
It also included IU knocking off top seeded North Carolina State in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, retaining the Barn Burner Trophy against its rival Purdue and placing four of five starters as All-Big Ten honorees. Indiana knocked off four ranked opponents including its highest ever ranked since 1994 in the win over the No. 3/3 Wolfpack in the NCAA Sweet 16.

In 2019-20, IU was ranked in both national polls for much of the season including all 20 weeks of the Associated Press top 25 where it topped out at a program-record ranking of No. 12. They made history in the 2019 Paradise Jam where the Hoosiers upset then No. 5/6 South Carolina in the program’s first top five non-conference victory in school history. In Big Ten play, Indiana finished fourth for the third time under Moren and went 13-5.

It was another historical year for the Hoosiers in 2018-19, as Moren guided her team to its fourth-straight postseason appearance with an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. IU won its first-round game over Texas and made its second appearance in four seasons in the Big Dance. They won 23 games, its fourth-straight 20-win season where three players earned All-Big Ten honors in Ali Patberg, Jaelynn Penn and Brenna Wise. The Hoosiers got off to a hot start, opening up the 2018-19 season 10-0 overall and had five Top 50 RPI wins and two AP Top 15 victories for the first time since 2001-02. In the classroom, seven players earned All-Big Ten honors, the most in a single season in program history while Patberg and Wise were honored as CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees.

Under Moren’s direction in 2017-18, the Hoosiers went on to win its first WNIT Championship and an overall record 23-14, winning 15 of its last 17 games of the season. For the first time ever, Indiana has won 20 or more games in three-straight seasons. On the way, the Hoosiers set a new single season average attendance record (4,102) as it also set the single game attendance record of 13,007 during the WNIT Championship game against Virginia Tech.

Success on the court was driven by a pair of All-Big Ten selections in Tyra Buss (first team) and Amanda Cahill (second team). Combined the duo set 10 school records and both finished their careers ranked in the top 5 of all-time scoring at Indiana. Buss also earned back-to-back WBCA All-American honorable mention honors and a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award along with being named the WNIT Most Valuable Player. They left Indiana having won a program record of 82 wins, the most for any four-year class. Freshman Jaelynn Penn also took home honors in 2017-18, earning a spot on the league’s All-Freshman team, the first for IU since 2014.

Year three saw continued success as she guided the 2016-17 team to a program record 23 wins and an appearance in the WNIT Quarterfinals. The 23 wins marked the seventh time in program history the Hoosiers have reached 20 wins or more, including back-to-back seasons for the first time ever. The program also featured its first All-American in 31 years, as junior guard Tyra Buss was named a WBCA All-American Honorable Mention.

For the first time since 2008-09, Indiana featured three players on All-Big Ten teams highlighted by a repeat All-Big Ten First Team selection Tyra Buss. Junior forward Amanda Cahill (second team) and senior guard Alexis Gassion (honorable mention) were also honored, as Gassion was selected to the league’s All-Defensive team, also the first selection since 2008-09. In addition, Cahill earned CoSIDA Academic All-American honors, the first for the program since 1989 and the fifth player ever in school history.

The Hoosiers went 15-3 inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, tying the most wins in a single season and secured 10 or more wins on its own court for the fourth-straight season. It also marked the fifth-consecutive winning season at home including all three under Moren. In Big Ten play, Indiana went 10-6 overall and earned a No. 4 seed in the league tournament for the second-straight season. The 2016-17 Indiana program also set a new record in points scored (2,547), points per game (74.9) and assists (564). IU also finished second in a single season in field goals made (934), third in 3-pointers made (216) and 3-point percentage (33.9).

In her second season at the helm of the IU program in 2015-16, Moren led the Hoosiers to the most regular season wins (20) in program history while also tying for overall wins (21) in a single season. Indiana had the school’s second-most Big Ten victories (12) ever on her way to being named Big Ten Coach of the Year. She became just the second IU coach to earn the award (Maryalyce Jeremiah, 1983).

Moren led IU to the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth in 14 years as it won their first NCAA Tournament game since 1983 with a 62-58 triumph over eighth-seeded Georgia in the first round at Notre Dame. Indiana’s 21 wins marked the sixth time in program history that IU had won at least 21 games in a season as its 12 Big Ten victories were the school’s most since 1982-83. The 2015-16 Hoosiers finished fourth in the Big Ten, the school’s highest conference finish in 18 years, and earned a No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, tying for the program’s highest seed ever in conference tournament play.

IU went a perfect 14-0 at home in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, marking the most home wins ever without a defeat and tying for the most overall home victories in a single year in program history. The women’s team combined with the IU men’s basketball program to go a perfect 31-0 inside of Assembly Hall in 2015-16 for the first unblemished home season in school history between both men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Indiana defeated three ranked opponents during the season, tying for the program’s most wins over ranked foes in regular season play. The Hoosiers also won their most road Big Ten games in seven years.

Under Moren in 2015-16, Tyra Buss was named First Team All-Big Ten, becoming the first IU player to earn first team honors since 2006. Amanda Cahill earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades. Buss and Cahill become the first IU duo to earn all-conference recognition in the same season since 2010.

During her first year in Bloomington in 2014-15, Moren led the Hoosiers to the program’s best scoring average (71.9 ppg) since 1995-96, the best team free throw percentage (74.3 percent) since 2003-04 and the most steals (284) since 2010-11. IU nailed 236 3-point field goals, the second best total in school history, and also cracked the top five in program history in free throw percentage (4th), points scored (5th, 2,229), points per game (5th) and 3-point field goal percentage (5th, 33.1 percent).

Indiana set single game records for scoring (115) and 3-pointers made (16) in the season opening win over Gardner-Webb on Nov. 15, 2014. IU also tied the school mark for field goals made in that game (46).

Moren was named the head coach of Indiana women’s basketball on August 9, 2014 after spending four seasons as the head coach at Indiana State University (2010-14).

In her four years at Indiana State, Moren guided the Sycamores from a middle of the pack Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) team in her first year to a conference championship program in 2013-14, including a postseason tournament appearance in the WNIT. Twice in her four years, Moren led the Sycamores to a WNIT berth while six players earned All-MVC honors.

ISU finished with a 20-12 record in 2013-14, the program’s first 20-win season in eight years and just the fifth 20-win campaign in school history. With a 14-4 record in conference games, Moren’s Sycamores won a share of the regular season MVC title and earned the No. 1 overall seed in the MVC Tournament. Moren led Indiana State to six-straight victories and seven wins in eight games to end the regular season last year to secure a share of the MVC crown. It was only the third time in program history that ISU won a regular season conference championship and the first since 2006.

In 2012-13, Moren’s Sycamores finished with an 18-13 record, the program’s most wins in six years at the time. ISU went 10-8 in conference play, its most MVC victories in four seasons, to finish fourth in the MVC standings. The Sycamores would go on to play in the WNIT for the first time since 2006. Moren’s 2012-13 team set a program record for fewest points allowed per game (55.5 ppg) while holding 10 opponents to less than 50 points. In her second year at ISU in 2011-12, Moren led the Sycamores to a fifth-place finish in the MVC. During her first year at the helm in 2010-11, Moren won the most games by a first-year coach in ISU history as the Sycamores played into the semifinals of the 2011 MVC Tournament.

Prior to ISU, Moren was associate head coach at Georgia Tech. In each of her three years there, the Yellow Jackets made an NCAA Tournament appearance and won 22 or more games each season.

Moren began her head coaching career at the University of Indianapolis. She spent seven seasons at UIndy beginning in 2000-01.The 2003 WBCA Region 4 Coach of the Year in NCAA Division II, her teams went to three consecutive NCAA Division II Tournaments and earned Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles in 2003. That squad finished with a 29-3 record overall and an 18-2 mark in conference play.

Moren began her coaching career in 1992-93 at Butler as an assistant coach for six years, leading the Bulldogs to three 20-win seasons. Moren then spent two years as an assistant at Northwestern.

A 1992 graduate of Purdue University, Moren earned her bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation. She was a four-year basketball letterwinner and two-year starter for the Boilermakers under Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Lin Dunn. She was part of three NCAA Tournament teams and Purdue’s first Big Ten championship.

Moren graduated from Seymour High School in 1987 and was named an Indiana All Star that year. She led the Owls to four sectional titles, two regional championships, a semi-state win and a 1987 state finals appearance. She was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame on April 26, 2014 and was part of the inaugural class of inducted into the Seymour High School Athletics Hall of Fame in December 2017 and is also honored in the school’s Wall of Fame.