Head Coach - Page Moir

Now in his 20th season as head basketball coach at Roanoke College, Page Moir heads up one of the most respected programs in NCAA Division III basketball. Moir is only the ninth basketball coach in the 95-year history of Roanoke College basketball. Moir became the winningest coach in Roanoke College history during the 2003-04 season, passing the legendary Ed Green for the record with a win over Averett on December 3, 2003. He entered the 2006-07 season needing only three wins to become the ODAC’s second head coach to reach 300-wins and received that mark on Jan. 3, 2007 with a 89-65 win over Chesnut Hill. He earned his 200th ODAC victory over Lynchburg on Feb. 10, 2007. Moir enters the 2007-08 season with a 314-172 overall record, including a 203-117 mark in the ODAC for his career. He recieved his 200th career ODAC win on the road against eventual ODAC Champion Hampden-Sydney, 80-79 on Feb. 11, 2007. He is now the winningest (332 wins) and longest tenured (20yrs.) active coach in the ODAC.
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The Moir philosophy is in tune with that of the College and Division III, where “student” always comes before “athlete.” Of the four-year players to pass through the RC program, the graduation rate over the past 19 years is 100-percent, with 25 players going on to graduate school, two onto law school, and four others to medical school.

On the court, the Maroons display a fast break style of play that typically averages over 80 points per game. Because of this up-tempo play, Roanoke generally utilizes 10 or more players a game.

Last Season, Moir guided his team to an 18-9 records, 11-7 in the ODAC for a fourth seed in the conference tournament. The 18 wins and the seven-game win streak were both the highest since the 2000-01 season. The 15-3 start was the best since the 1999-00 season and the Maroons were in the top-25 (#24) for the first time since February of 2001. Their highest point of the season was a 68-58 win over then #16 and eventual ODAC Champion Guilford. The team was ranked in the top-20 nationally in team field goal percentage defense (39.6%) and blocked shots per game (4.6). They were also ranked 49th in the nation in steals per game (9.7) and 75th in assist-to-turnover ratio. Five of the seven non-conference teams on their rigorous schedule won their respective conference championships along with Guilford, who played the Maroons three times for a total of nine games. In addition, Roanoke played the 12th toughest schedule in the country, according to D3Hoops.com and went 4-6 against teams who received votes in the top-25 poll.

In 2006-07, the Maroons overcame a 1-7 start to finish 17-11 overall and an 11-7 mark in the ODAC, good enough for third in the conference. They defeated both nationally-ranked Randolph-Macon (79-58) and Bridgewater (87-62) to advance to the ODAC Championship Game.

Success is not a foreign word in the Roanoke basketball circle. In 1999-2000, the Maroons won their 10th ODAC title with a 69-63 win over Hampden-Sydney College. No school in the conference has won more than Roanoke’s 10 titles. The Maroons advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA tournament in both 1999-2000 and 2000-01. The 2000-01 trip to the national postseason was Roanoke’s 19th, Moir’s sixth.

The Maroons won Moir’s first ODAC Championship in 1993-94, with a remarkable 26-2 record and followed that with a 19-9 performance in 1994-95, and a second consecutive trip to the NCAA’s. In 1996-97, Roanoke made its fourth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, finishing the conference schedule in first place with an overall record of 19-8. The team’s ODAC title in 2000 was Moir’s third at the helm of the Maroons.

In addition to the up-tempo style of play, the Maroon coaching staff has also stressed the importance of defense. The 1999-2000 squad set a college record by allowing its opponents to shoot just 39.2 percent from the field. Over the past nine years, the Maroons have combined to allowing their opponents to shoot less than 43 percent from the field, an accomplishment that has come against some of the most challenging opponents in Division III. Moir believes you have to play the best to be the best, and future schedules will continue to convey that conviction.

The Maroon basketball program is just as successful in its community involvement. The entire team has volunteered with the Virginia Special Olympics, and assisted the Roanoke City School System with their Extended Day Program. This program involves after school work with selected elementary school children in both academic tutoring, and teaching fundamental basketball skills. Moir has directed several free clinics for this program.

In his time as head coach, Moir has involved the Roanoke basketball program in several charitable organizations, directly benefitting three. The V-Foundation Classic has added meaning to Roanoke’s annual New Year’s tournament, raising more than $70,000 for the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and the V-Foundation. Last season, which was the 15th consecutive year the Maroons had hosted the event, the V-Foundation Classic raised over $5,000. The Maroons also host the First National Bank Tip-Off Tournament, which assists the Community Christmas Store, a local organization that helps needy families during the holiday season. Admission to the tournament is free, but donations of canned food and winter clothing is welcomed.

Moir came to Roanoke after serving as an assistant coach at Western Carolina University, the University of Cincinnati, Roanoke, and Virginia Tech. While at Tech (1983-87), the Hokies participated in two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT. Moir worked with two future NBA players at Tech, Dell Curry and Bimbo Coles.

In 2002, Moir was appointed to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Board of Directors, becoming one of just two Division III coaches on the board. Joining the likes of Tubby Smith, Kelvin Sampson, and Jim Boehim on the board, Moir will serve on the board for 15 years and is the Division III liaison.

A teacher of the game, Moir has sent no less than nine of his former players on to the coaching ranks, where all have had great success. Two players off of the 2002-03 team, Robby Pridgen and Nate Stewart, and one 2005 graduate (Robbie Winfield), entered the world of coaching while Ben Betts ’90 became Moir’s first former player to become a Division I head coach (South Carolina State). Betts has since joined the staff at national power Oklahoma University. Hillary Scott recently left Penn State to assume coaching duties at Lynchburg and Brian Blaney at Loyola (MD).

Moir is a product of one of the great family coaching stories. His father, Charles Moir, coached at Roanoke from 1967-73, leading the Maroons to the 1972 National Championship, before moving on to successful stops at Tulane University and Virginia Tech. The elder Moir compiled an overall record of 616-238 over 31 seasons as a head coach. He is listed in the top-75 collegiate coaches of all time in number of wins and winning percentage (.667). Charles’ brother, Sam, was head basketball coach at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., for 31 seasons. He compiled an overall coaching record of 680-430. With his second win of the 2001-02 season, Page brought the Moir clan’s all-time victory number to 1,500.

Moir lives in Roanoke with his wife, Jody, and their two children, Anna Ross and Sara Charles.

Assistant Coach - Robby Pridgen

Robby Pridgen returned to his alma mater in 2006 to become Page Moir’s assistant coach and will begin his third season. Pridgen comes back to the Maroon program following assistant coaching stints at Mount Union (OH) College and Division II Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

During his playing days with the Maroons, the Akron, OH native was one of the best pure scorers in the long history of the Roanoke program. He concluded his playing career as the sixth leading scorer in team history, amassing 1,586 career points. No player in team history has made more three-point field goals than has Pridgen, who made 228, 61 more than any other player. Among the other records he holds, Pridgen is the team’s single-game leader in three-pointers made (9), the all-time leader in three-pointers attempted (568), and the all-time free throw percentage champion (.864).

After earning All-ODAC Second-Team honors as a sophomore, Pridgen was a first-team selection following both his junior and senior seasons. At the conclusion of his final season, Pridgen was voted to both NCAA South Region First-Team and First-Team All-Virginia selections.

Pridgen, who is the younger brother of former Maroon basketball and soccer star Dustin Fonder, graduated from Roanoke in the spring of 2003 with a degree in Health and Human Performance.

Assistant Coach - Paul Barnard

Paul Barnard is in his ninth season as an assistant coach with the Roanoke College program and is no stranger to local basketball. For 27 years prior to joining the Maroons, Barnard served on the staff of the William Byrd High School boy’s basketball program. Over the span of 14 years, he was the head coach, compiling a 177-141 overall record which included winning seasons in his last seven campaigns. Before assuming WBHS head coaching duties, Barnard was an assistant with the team for 13 years.

As a player on the 1965-66 Ferrum Junior College team, Barnard helped the school reach the NJCAA national championship game in Hutchinson, KS. From Ferrum, Barnard went on to serve a tour of duty in the United States Army in the late 1960s. After his stint in the military, he went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from East Tennessee State in 1972.

Barnard, who received a Master’s degree from Virginia Tech, has extensive coaching experience that includes two summers (1998 and 1999) running camps in Switzerland. Barnard and his wife reside in Roanoke and have two children, Ginger and Crystal.

Assistant Coach - Tony Dunford

Tony Dunford is in his third season as an assistant coach with Page Moir and the Roanoke College men’s basketball team. Dunford was a high school head coach with both Christiansburg and Brookeville High Schools. A 1995 graduate of Radford University, Dunford is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Communications.