The Rob Moxley File

Coaching Experience

Rob Moxley Hometown: Germantowm, Md. Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 1st Season Alma Mater: Pfeiffer '94

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Rob Moxley comes to the University of Maryland with the reputation as one of the top assistant coaches in the nation. It is a reputation Moxley has earned through hard work, solid recruiting and outstanding results.

He was hired to join head coach Gary Williams' staff on April 15, 2005. The addition of Moxley and fellow new assistant coach Michael Adams gained immediate national acclaim as the web site CBS Sportsline.com noted Maryland's new coaching hires as some of the best of the off-season.

Moxley comes to Maryland after seven successful years at Charlotte. While he was there, the 49ers earned six trips to the postseason, including five berths in the NCAA Tournament. Working under head coach Bobby Lutz, the 49ers also won a pair of tournament championships in Conference USA, a regular-season title and earned berths in the semifinals of the league tournament four times.

He served as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator in the Charlotte program during those seven years. An outstanding recruiter, four of the classes Moxley helped land were ranked in the top 20 nationally. His recruiting class in 2000 was 14th in the nation, headlined by 2001 National Freshman of the Year and NBA lottery pick Rodney White.

An excellent teacher as well as recruiter, Moxley's offensive expertise helped the 49ers experience success in the long-range game. Charlotte ranked second in the nation in 3-point shooting in 2001 (.360) and has led the conference in 3-point shooting in four of the last six seasons. One of Moxley's players led C-USA in 3-point shooting in each of his seven seasons.

His involvement at Charlotte also included individual player development, scouting and practice development.

Moxley's first coaching position was also with Lutz at Pfeiffer (N.C.) University. He was credited with recruiting the bulk of the Pfeiffer team that played for the NAIA national championship in 1995. In his two years, the Falcons compiled a 53-12 record, including an appearance in the NAIA Sweet 16 in 1994.

He followed Lutz to Gardner-Webb for a brief time before returning to Pfeiffer for two years, where he served as an assistant to head coach Dave Davis. He was also the golf coach at Gardner-Webb.

A local product, Moxley grew up in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, graduating from Fauquier High School in Warrenton, Va. He was a NJCAA Division III All-America guard in 1991 at Montgomery (Md.) Community College, before transferring to Newberry (S.C.) College to play for his final two seasons.

"I grew up a die-hard Maryland fan going to games at Cole Field House, and I always wanted to be a coach at Maryland," said Moxley on his hiring at Maryland. "This is truly a dream come true. Maryland was the only assistant job I would have left Charlotte for.

"I have the great opportunity to work for a coach who has won the national championship and has been successful in every major conference. I have great respect for Gary Williams and look forward to learning his way of winning. Maryland is a great university, has a great basketball tradition, and is located in the basketball-rich Baltimore-Washington region."

He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Pfeiffer University (N.C.) in 1994, where he began his coaching career.

Moxley and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of a son, Joey, and daughters Emily and Allison.