head RTC Coach derek Moore
Derek Moore is a former NCAA Division I standout and California Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee. He currently serves as the Head Wrestling Coach for California Baptist University.
Prior to CBU, Moore spent four seasons as an assistant coach helping rebuild the program at Division I Sacred Heart University. Sacred Heart earned two top-10 All-Academic finishes and had four Pioneers secure top-eight individual finishes at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships in Moore’s four seasons.
After college, Moore served six years in the United States Army as a field artillery officer. During that time, he spent four years training at the Olympic Training Center with the Army’s World Class Athlete Program. As a soldier-athlete, he represented the Army in World and Olympic competition, becoming one of 12 Americans to qualify for the 2012 freestyle Olympic trials at 60 kilograms.
Before his military service, Moore was a walk on wrestler to the program at University of California, Davis. Moore became the first Aggie in any sport to win an individual NCAA championship at the 2007 Division I Championships. The former 141-pounder won two Pac-10 championships at his weight class in 2006 and 2007. Moore was voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA Championships in 2007 after upsetting top-seeded Ryan Lang of Northwestern with a 17-2 technical fall. Moore was also named the Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year and UC Davis Male Athlete of the Year in 2007.
Moore received his master’s in Business Administration in May 2016 from Sacred Heart, serving as his class’ graduate commencement speaker. He graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and molecular biology.
