Doug Moe

Douglas Edwin Moe (September 21, 1938 – February 17, 2026) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A star small forward, he played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he was a two-time All-American before being accused of point shaving. Moe was cleared of fixing games but was kicked out of school and blackballed from the National Basketball Association. He played professionally in the Italian league Lega Basket Serie A in 1965 before signing with the upstart American Basketball Association, joining the New Orleans Buccaneers in 1967 alongside his former college teammate Larry Brown. Over five seasons with four teams, Moe was named an ABA All-Star three times and won the ABA championship in 1969 with the Oakland Oaks. Knee injuries forced him to retire at the age of 33, and he immediately became an assistant coach with Brown's Carolina Cougars in 1972. He joined Brown on the Denver Nuggets in 1974 before being named head coach of the San Antonio Spurs in 1976, their first coach of the NBA era. In four seasons, running a high-scoring offense, the Spurs won their first ever division championship in the 1977–78 season.