12th Year
Iowa ‘04
Former NCAA champion Cliff Moore was hired as assistant wrestling coach during the summer of 2006 and enters his 12th season at Edinboro. Moore joined the Fighting Scots after working the previous two years with the Iowa program, his alma mater. After serving as the strength and conditioning coach in 2004-05, he was an administrative assistant his second year.
In Moore's 11 seasons with Edinboro the Fighting Scots have had seven NCAA finalists, two NCAA national champions and 24 All-Americans. In addition, Edinboro has won seven Eastern Wrestling League championships and ten Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crowns. Needless to say, he has played a huge role with his recruiting and coaching in the success of the Scots.
Moore joined the Iowa wrestling program in 1999 after winning three state titles as a prepster at Hempstead (IA) High School. Over the next five years, he would win one national title and earn All-American status three times, in addition to claiming two Big Ten titles. The national championship came while competing at 141 lbs. as a senior in 2003-04. That capped a year in which he finished 33-2 after defeating Nebraska’s Matt Murray, 5-2, in the national title match. He was presented the Mike Howard Award as Iowa’s most valuable wrestler. Moore ended his career with 20 straight wins, including his second Big Ten title.
All told, Moore posted a 109-24 career record. After redshirting in 1999-2000, he was 17-3 in 2000-01 while competing at 133 lbs. In 2001-02, he took over as the starter at 133 lbs. and proceeded to earn All-American honors with a sixth place finish at Nationals. Moore ended the year with a 28-10 record, placing fifth at the Big Ten Championships. He won three tournament titles, including the Midlands Tournament.
Moore captured Big Ten titles as a junior and senior. He gained another sixth place finish and All-American honors at Nationals in 2002-03, once again competing at 133 lbs. While ending the season with a 31-9 record, he captured his first Big Ten title with a 3-1 win over Minnesota’s Ryan Lewis in sudden victory. He was named the John and Dorothy Sill Award winner as Iowa’s most dedicated wrestler.
A native of Dubuque, Iowa, Moore graduated from Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Marketing, in 2004. He was named a wrestling Academic All-Big ten in 2003. Moore was a member of the 2006 National Freestyle Team.
Moore has been inducted into a pair of Hall of Fames, the Iowa High School Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Hempstead High School Hall of Fame.
Moore resides in Edinboro with his two sons, Carver (12) and Maddox (11).
