Billie Moore, Olympic and UCLA basketball coach who won championships, dies at 79
LA TimesAnn Meyers Drysdale never let up while playing for the first U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team, even in practice. “I think the score was 20-0 and Billie, on the bench, looked at Sue and said, ‘Are we ever going to score?’ ” Meyers Drysdale said. “Billie is our John Wooden,” said Meyers Drysdale, a senior on the Bruins team that won the national championship as part of her own Hall of Fame career. “Billie gave me an opportunity to pursue my dream of becoming a Bruin.” Meyers Drysdale had known Moore long before Moore replaced Ellen Mosher as the Bruins’ coach before the 1977-78 season. Meyers Drysdale’s older sister, Patty, had been the starting center on Moore’s championship team at Cal State Fullerton after Moore replaced a beloved predecessor for her first head coaching job at age 26.
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