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Moon Tae-jong
Moon Tae-jong (Korean: 문태종; Hanja: 文泰鐘; or Cameron Jarod Stevenson; born December 1, 1975) is a South Korean former professional basketball player at the small forward position. He is 1.99 m in height. Moon played at the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship games, representing South Korea. He was head basketball coach at Seaforth High School in Pittsboro, North Carolina until 2024. College careerMoon played college basketball at the University of Richmond with the Richmond Spiders from 1994 to 1998 and was named Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year in 1998. He led the Richmond Spiders to an upset of the #3 seeded South Carolina Gamecocks in the NCAA tournament the same year. Professional careerMoon was named the 1999 French Cup Finals MVP and also played in the 2006 FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star Game. National team careerMoon was a member of the senior South Korean national team. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship and the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games. He also played at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. Awards and honors
CAAC Player of the Year -98 Personal lifeMoon earned his South Korean citizenship in 2011 alongside his brother, Moon Tae-young (born Greg Stevenson), who was also a professional basketball player.[1] The Moon brothers were born to their Korean mother and African American father.[2] His son, Jarin Stevenson, played for him at Seaforth High School before earning a basketball scholarship to the University of Alabama.[3] See alsoReferences
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