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Coach David Moe
David Moe enters his eighth season as Dakota State University (S.D.) Trojan women’s basketball head coach. He is the third all-time winning coach in DSU women’s basketball program history with 144 victories.
Moe led the Trojans to their fourth consecutive North Star Athletic Association regular season champion in 2023-24, the first time since the 1980’s decade that DSU had won four straight conference titles (eight straight conference titles in the former South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference from 1980-87). The Trojans shared their conference title with Mayville State (N.D.), each with an 11-1 conference record.
The Trojans amassed an impressive 51-3 record during their four consecutive NSAA conference regular-season title. The league voted Moe as the Coach-of-the-Year for five straight seasons (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
After the 2023-24 season, DSU had won 59 times in the last 63 home games at DSU Fieldhouse. Dakota State hosted its first-ever national tournament at DSU Fieldhouse in 2023-24 season, winning a pair of games in the opening round and advanced to the national tournament’s final site for the fourth time in the last five years.
DSU advanced to the NAIA national quarterfinals for the third time in the last four seasons and finished with an overall record of 28-7 in 2023-24.
Moe coached Savannah Walsdorf as NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America First Team, marking the fifth consecutive year that DSU had a women’s basketball being named to NAIA All-America list. She shattered numerous school records, including all-time points scored, rebounds, steals, and field goals made.
Two Trojans – Walsdorf and Tabor Teel – were selected to 2023-24 NSAA All-Conference First Team. Teel was voted as the league’s Most Valuable Defense Player Award.
Dakota State had recorded at least 27 victories since the 2020-21 season, including a school-record 29 victories during the historic 2022-23 season.
Moe guided the 2022-23 season to one of the most memorable years in women’s basketball program history. Despite a slow start with a 0-3 record, the Trojans turned around the season with a new school record 29 victories in the final 33 contests (29-7 overall record), including a trip to their first-ever trip to the NAIA Women’s Basketball national semifinals in program history as a No. 6 seed in the Liston Bracket. The Trojans also cruised to their third consecutive NSAA regular-season title.
Two Trojan athletes were named to the 2023 NAIA National All-Tournament teams. Walsdorf was named to the All-Tournament First Team, while Elsie Aslesen was named to the All-Tournament Second Team.
Aslesen was listed as the 2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America Third Team. Walsdorf was named to the All-America Honorable Mention, the first time since 2008 when DSU had two athletes listed on the NAIA All-American teams.
Aslesen and Walsdorf each were named to the North Star Athletic Association Women’s Basketball First Team in 2022-23. Aslesen was voted as the league’s Defensive Player-of-the-Year. In addition, Caitlin Dyer was named as the NSAA Freshman-of-the-Year. Sidney Fick was listed on the NSAA All-Conference honorable mention.
Aslesen and Courtney Menning were named to the first ever NSAA All-Defensive Team in 2022-23 for their excellence in defense.
The 2022-23 Dakota State women's basketball accomplished an undefeated home court record with a 12-0 record, matching the best home court record with the 1983-84 squad. The 2023 DSU women’s basketball team was named the 2023 South Dakota Sportswriters women’s team award.
Moe led the 2021-22 squad to another historic season with back-to-back North Star Athletic Association Women’s Basketball regular season and postseason titles sweep. The Trojans tied the school record for most wins with 27 victories. Dakota State qualified for the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Tournament for the second straight season, falling short to the host-team Rocky Mountain (Mont.) in the Round of 32.
He coached Jessi Giles to an all-time scorer’s in DSU women’s basketball program history with 1,955 points, 697 career field goals made, and 327 free-throws made from 2018-22. He also coached another 1,000-point milestone from Savannah Walsdorf. Moe also coached Lexi Robson as the fourth most all-time assists with 383 assists.
Giles also was named to NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America Second Team in 2021-22. She was named to the NSAA Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year for the second straight year.
The 2021-22 DSU women’s basketball squad had set team records of 2,916 total points and 83.3 points per game. Dakota State also tied for the second longest winning streak during the season with 11 straight wins.
Dakota State established its school record for most victories in a single season with 27 wins in 2020-21, breaking the previous record of 25 wins by the 1999-00. DSU also had set team records of 2,529 points and a 23-game winning streak. The Trojans had established numerous records during the 2020-21 season.
Moe guided the team to its first-ever North Star Athletic Association regular-season and postseason titles. The Trojans became the third NSAA team in the history of the league to go undefeated in conference play (14-0 record). DSU claimed the NAIA Women’s Basketball Opening Round championship and advanced to the NAIA national quarterfinals before falling to eventual national runner-up Thomas More (Ky.).
Moe was named to the league Coach-of-the-Year for the second straight year in 2020-21. He coached the first Trojan women’s basketball athlete, Jessi Giles, to be named to the NAIA Women’s Basketball All-America First Team selection.
His 2019-20 squad had one of the most historic seasons in DSU women’s basketball program history, guiding the team to its first winning season for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
In addition, Moe guided the 2019-20 Trojan women’s basketball team to its 10-game winning streak for the first time since the 1983-84 season. Their 10-game winning streak was tied for third best in the DSU women’s basketball school record book. The Trojans advanced to the North Star Athletic Association’s semifinals round.
The 2019-20 squad broke the team record for most points scored in a single season, scoring 2,470 points (which was three more points than the 2007-08 team). They averaged 79.7 points per game, which was the second-best single-season team average in the record book.
He guided his 2017-18 Lady T’s squad to their most conference wins since joining the North Star Athletic Association conference in 2013-14, and their first home court winning record since 2007-08.
During Moe’s coaching era, he coached three All-America athletes including its first ever NAIA All-America First Team selection and the league’s most valuable athlete (Jessi Giles) twice in 2021 and 2022. His six athletes had been selected for NSAA Women’s Basketball All-Conference teams, as well as two athletes earning the league’s Newcomer-of-the-Year, two athletes as the Defensive Player-of-the-Year, and one athlete as the conference’s Freshman-of-the-Year awards.
In addition, 17 athletes had been named to Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes and had been named to NAIA Scholar Team awards for their academic success in the classroom.
Moe came to DSU from Mayville State (N.D.), where he has been the assistant women’s basketball coach for ten years.
He has helped lead the Comets to multiple trips to the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Tournament and ‘Top 20’ national rankings. Moe helped recruit All-American, All-Conference and All-Academic athletes on the Mayville State women’s basketball team.
His responsibilities with the Comets were recruiting coordinator, opponents’ scouting and game preparations, skill development with perimeter players and summer camps.
Moe is originally from Barnesville, Minn. and graduated from Mayville State in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Sports Management. Along with coaching at Mayville State, he has also been an Instructor in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Division.
He received his Master of Science in Recreation and Sports Sciences from Ohio University.
David and his wife Sheena have three daughters - Kinsley (13), Jocey (10) and Addi (7). They reside in Madison.
| David Moe Coaching Profile @ Dakota State (S.D.) |
| Year |
Overall |
Conference |
Postseason |
| 2017-18 |
12-19 |
8-8 NSAA
(T-5th Place) |
NSAA Quarterfinalist |
| 2018-19 |
4-25 |
3-11 NSAA
(7th Place) |
NSAA Quarterfinalist |
| 2019-20 |
17-14 |
10-4 NSAA
(4th Place) |
NSAA Semifinalist |
| 2020-21 |
27-4 |
14-0 NSAA
(1st Place) |
NSAA Regular-Season Champion
NSAA Tournament Champion
NAIA National Tournament Opening Round Champion
NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinalist |
| 2021-22 |
27-8 |
13-1 NSAA
(1st Place) |
NSAA Regular-Season Champion
NSAA Tournament Champion
NAIA National Tournament Round of 32 |
| 2022-23 |
29-7 |
13-1 NSAA
(1st Place) |
NSAA Regular-Season Champion
NSAA Tournament Runner-up
NAIA National Tournament Opening Round Champion
NAIA National Tournament Semifinalist |
| 2023-24 |
28-7 |
11-1 NSAA
(T-1st Place) |
Co-NSAA Regular-Season Champion
NSAA Tournament Runner-up
NAIA National Tournament Opening Round Champion
NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinalist |
| 2024-25 |
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| Totals: |
144-84 |
72-26 |
NSAA Women's Basketball Coach-of-the-Year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
