A native of Omaha Neb., Coach Moody was named the 17th head coach in Benedictine College men’s basketball history on April 5, 2011. The 2024-25 season will be Moody’s 14th season as head coach of the Ravens. Moody’s overall record at Benedictine College is 236-159 in 13 seasons. The Ravens have won the Heart of America Athletic Conference two times (13-14,18-19). They have finished second two times (14-15 16-17). They have appeared five times in the NAIA Division I National Tournament (13-14, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21) advancing to the Second Round twice. The Ravens completed the first undefeated Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season in the 13-team era going 24-0 in 18-19. In four different seasons, the Ravens finished in the Top 25 Coaches Poll to end the year finishing as high as third in the country in 18-19. There have been 49 players recognized with Postseason Honors from the Heart of America Athletic Conference and 10 players with NAIA All-American Honors. The Ravens have had 12 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
The Ravens posted an overall record of 12-17 in 2022-23. The Ravens earned their 12th consecutive appearance in the Heart of America Athletic Conference postseason tournament. They earned two All-Heart selections. Jayden Temme was All-Heart Honorable Mention and Sam Ungashick was Heart Freshman of the Year.
Moody had spent the previous five seasons at the University of North Dakota, the first four as Head Assistant Coach and the 2010-11 year as Associate Head Coach. In his role as Associate Head Coach and Head Assistant Coach at the University of North Dakota, Moody was instrumental in guiding the Fighting Sioux through the transition from NCAA DII to NCAA DI. In 2010-11 Moody helped UND to an 11-game turnaround from 2009-10 which was the third-best in program history. UND finished the 2010-11 season 19-15 and won the first-ever conference title in the Division I era with a Great West Conference Tournament Championship. The team also earned the first-ever DI postseason tournament game in the CollegeInsiders.com Postseason Tournament at the United States Air Force Academy. Moody is always highly visible on the recruiting trail. In his role as recruiting coordinator at UND, Moody strung together recruiting classes that included the highest-scoring freshmen class in NCAA Division I basketball 2010-11. The three true freshmen and two redshirt freshmen accounted for 62.5 percent of the team’s overall scoring. True freshman Troy Huff also broke the freshmen scoring record at UND.
Prior to UND, Moody served as Head Coach at Raymore-Peculiar High School in Peculiar, Mo., from 2001-2006. Moody inherited a program that had gone 44-81 the previous five seasons and led Ray-Pec to a 72-55 record over the next five years, including a 53-24 mark over the last three years and the first Suburban Conference title in school history.
Moody served as an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska-Omaha from 1997-2001. While at UNO, Moody helped recruit three recruiting classes that led the Mavericks to back-to-back NCC championships.
Moody played for the Ravens from 1992 -1996 and graduated as the eighth-leading scorer in school history. He is also tied for all-time three-pointers made and was a three-time all-conference selection, including a pair of first-team honors. Moody went on to serve one year as a student assistant coach at Benedictine College.
Moody received his bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in secondary education from Benedictine College in 1997 and earned a master’s degree in recreation administration from UNO in 2000 and a master’s degree in administration from William Woods (Mo.) University in 2005.
