Clay Moser

Clay Moser (born November 10, 1962) is currently an assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previously, he held positions with the professional teams: the Los Angeles Lakers, the Sacramento Kings, the Golden State Warriors, the Orlando Magic, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the New Orleans Hornets in Oklahoma City, OK, Post-Katrina.

Moser's career started in 1984 with his coaching experience at his junior college in Minnesota, and has continued over multiple parallels and leagues, including basketball operations, coaching, scouting, management and ownership, both domestic and international, and most notably within the NBA, CBA, D-League, and NCAA.

Moser started his passionate basketball career in college, coaching at Fergus Falls Community College, now Minnesota State Community and Technical College.

He was the Head Assistant Coach between 1984–1987 under legendary coach Dave Retzlaff, where he helped lead the team to three Northwest Division Championships in three years with one player eventually playing professionally.

He helped the team to two notable milestones, the school's first championship in 1984 in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference, and the school's first National Tourney Appearance at the 1984 NJCAA Region XIII Championships.

He graduated from the UW-LaCrosse with a BS in Physical Education with a Sport Management Emphasis which led him to working under Jim Valvano at NC State.

Upon graduating, Moser headed East where he worked for Valvano at North Carolina State University as an assistant coach from August 1987 – August 1989.

During this time, he worked as a Recruiting Coordinator, during four signing periods, where he signed twelve players, including Derrick Chandler, Bryant Feggins, Tom Gugliotta, Mickey Hinnant, Pancho Hodges, Jamie Knox, David Lee, Gary Madison, Donnie Seale, Kevin Thompson, Byron Tucker, and Craig Tyson.

Through Moser's time with this team, they achieved two consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, a 1989 Sweet 16 Appearance, and were champions in the 1989 Atlantic Coast Conference.

Seven of the twelve players he recruited played in the NBA, and two others played in other pro leagues, respectively.

Moser assisted in all aspects of basketball operations, including game/practice preparation, academic monitoring, player development, recruiting, on floor practice.

This led to him operating The Jim Valvano Basketball School, which was an extremely profitable venture.

In August 1989, Moser accepted a position with the Sioux Falls Sky Force in South Dakota within the former Continental Basketball Association (CBA) as an assistant coach and assistant director of basketball operations.

Between 1990-91, the Sky Force jumped to the 4th most improved team in the CBA with 23% more wins, and led the CBA in scoring with 117.3 ppg.

They advanced to the Free Agent Finals in 1990.

He was named to Coach Free Agent All-Stars for the years 1990 and 2004.

Moser was promoted within the franchise to general manager in 1992, and vice president in 1993.

During this time, he participated in the Great Midstates Recruiting Review as the Creator, Owner, and Founder from 1993-1996 in Sioux Falls, SD.

He spent his summers of '90 and '91 as the head coach for the Southern California Summer Pro League in Los Angeles, CA which held an overall record of 13-7 with 1-3 Playoffs where each team made playoffs.

Here, he coached many free agents in the NBA division, including Danny Manning, Robert Pack, David Wingate, Chris Corchiani, Byron Scott, and Pat Cummings.

In July 1994, Moser moved his young family to St. Louis, Missouri where he accepted the position with the CBA as vice president of basketball operations.

He received a promotion in October 1996 to senior vice president, and eventually left for the position of CEO, President, general manager and eventual part owner of the Idaho Stampede in Boise, ID in April 1997.

While in this position, he advanced within the CBA to Western Regional Vice President of the league in May 2000.

December 2000, he joined, for the second time in his career, the USA Basketball board of directors in Colorado Springs, CO for two years.

Moser ended his relationship with the Stampede during the CBA shutdown in February 2001, a result of league bankruptcy due to the controversial management of Isiah Thomas, where Thomas forfeited the CBA as the primary player development league.

In response, the NBA created their own developmental league, which played its first game the following season in November 2001.

This is where Moser's career took an incredible turn, that although challenging and unpredictable, is responsible for fueling the diversity in his career that has led him to his current path of success.

He accepted a position with Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, OR as the men's basketball head coach and PE Instructor from 2001-2002.

With his help, he increased wins by 30% from the previous season, 14-16 record overall.

Moser worked as an advanced scout for the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California, under Eric Musselman for the 2002-2003 season where the team was most improved in the NBA, and Coach Musselman was runner-up coach-of-the-year.

Moser's work included X's and O's, statistical analysis, and personal analysis of upcoming opponents for coaching staff.

This was the beginning of the professional friendship between Moser and Musselman for future years to come.

Between 2003-2004, Moser heads back to the CBA to accept a position as head coach and president for the Great Lakes Storm in Birch Run, MI.

During this time, he recorded at least one win over each team in the league.

He signed free agents Anthony Bonner and Stais Boseman, future all-stars, and Jimmy King and Shelton Jones, two CBA MVP's. During this difficult time in CBA history, with over half of the teams in bankruptcy, Moser increased this franchise revenue by nearly 500%.

For the first and only time in the school's history (1-40), TVCC beat Utah Valley State, set the school record for largest margin of victory (70) on 12/2/01 (117-47), and defeated Rick's College at Rick's for the first and only time in school history.

Additionally, he moved the team into a positive scoring margin for the season, an improvement from a negative margin (increase of over 7 PPG), and increased scoring by 12.5% (80.5 from 70.4), topping the century mark 6 times.

Moser recruited and signed 11 players from April to August to fill the roster, with only three scholarships to give.

TVCC played in the NJCAA DI division, and in Region XVIII, eventually producing a national champion and three NBA players.