Calling it “the most difficult decision” of his career, Andrew Moore has resigned as Reynoldsburg boys basketball coach due to health issues, ending a six-season run that included leading the Raiders to their first state tournament appearance and a 104-46 overall record.
Moore, 56, submitted his letter of resignation in mid-August, he told The Dispatch on Aug. 31. He declined to provide details of his medical issues.
Moore realizes his resignation comes at an inopportune time with the OHSAA-implemented no-contact period having ended Aug. 24 for boys basketball. Programs can meet in small groups beginning Sept. 1, and the official first day of practice is Nov. 6.
“It was a really hard decision to make, especially with the kind of kids we still have
in the program,” Moore said. “There’s a couple of things that have come up in the last month and a half.
“I don’t have the energy right now that I need to have for these kids. I want to take this year to get healthy, and hopefully I’d like to get back into coaching. I still have a passion for it. I still love it. My doctors advised me that this is not going to be a quick fix.”
Moore also served as the school’s assistant athletic director for four years and athletic director for two. He announced his resignation from the latter in February, and it took effect July 31 with the end of his contract.
“When I got here six years ago, I figured out that I really like this,” Moore said. “I thought this would be the last place I ever coached. I had no plans when I resigned [as athletic director] that I would stop coaching. I didn’t have any thoughts of doing that.”
Nicole Gardner succeeded Moore as athletic director.
The Raiders reached new heights under Moore, including winning back-to-back Division I district titles for the first time. They advanced to the 2024-25 state final, losing 56-41 to Olentangy Orange but finishing 26-2 to set a program record for wins in a season.
Reynoldsburg has captured three consecutive OCC-Buckeye titles, sharing the championship with Newark in 2023-24 and 2025-26, and enters this season with a 25-game home winning streak.
“I consider [Moore] a friend, and we’ve always had great respect for each other, albeit coaching against each other at rival schools,” Pickerington Central coach Eric Krueger said. “I’m disappointed to see him step down. I enjoyed competing against him over the years and feel that he did a great job preparing his kids.”
Moore is in his first year teaching an online school credit recovery course at Reynoldsburg’s Summit campus. He said he has talked to his former players about his decision, and “they all understand it is what I had to do.”
Moore was a first-team All-American and the Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior at Muskingum in 1991-92. He was inducted into the Muskies’ Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
A Mount Vernon graduate, he previously served as an assistant coach with the Air Force men’s team for six seasons before taking over at Reynoldsburg.
Moore and his wife, Stephanie, have three sons who are students in the school district.
High school sports reporter Frank DiRenna can be reached at fdirenna@dispatch.com and at @DispatchFrank on X.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Reynoldsburg basketball coach Andrew Moore resigns after six seasons
