EUGENE — Jim Moore arrived at Oregon in 2005 as a coaching nomad, a guy who had held four jobs in the previous 11 years but with a reputation for revitalizing programs at every stop.

Ten years later, the rebuilder is about to become the record-holder.

With a 3-0 win Tuesday against Seattle in the nonconference finale at Matthew Knight Arena, Moore tied Karla Rice’s Oregon volleyball record of 196 career wins. He has a chance to set the new standard tonight in the Pac-12 opener at home against Oregon State.

Moore is 195-98 with the Ducks, who are ranked No. 13 in the AVCA coaches poll and 9-0 this season, one win away from their fifth undefeated nonconference season since 2006.

“I don’t know what it means,” Moore said with a laugh. “I guess it means I’ve been around a little bit, and that’s a good thing.”

At Oregon, it has meant so much more.

When Moore was hired to replace Carl Ferreira, the Ducks were in a 10-year tailspin, with a combined overall record of 86-209 and a conference record of 13-167 between 1995 and 2004.

The team Moore inherited was thin on both talent and hope, a toxic combo that needed an immediate remedy.

“The administration was so great,” said Stacy Metro, Moore’s wife and Oregon’s top assistant the past 10 years. “They allowed us to make the changes we needed to make. Those first couple years were really difficult because we had to remove some people who were local people, kids that just weren’t good enough, and that’s hard to do.

“But at the same time, we needed to win and it wasn’t acceptable to be last.”

The results were not immediate, as the Ducks went 12-18 in 2005, including 1-17 in the conference.

It was their fifth straight season of one or fewer wins in conference play.

“I can’t even imagine that happening now,” senior outside hitter Liz Brenner said.

That is because it has not happened since.

Despite playing in what has long been recognized as the strongest conference in the NCAA, the Ducks have become a national power under Moore, who has six 20-win seasons at Oregon and has taken the Ducks to the postseason seven times.

That includes 2012, when Oregon played for the national championship against Texas to cap a 30-5 season.

That team included Alaina Bergsma, the national player of the year and one of 10 all-Americans for Oregon under Moore’s watch.

“He is a great coach,” Brenner said. “He’s not a big yeller, but he knows exactly how to work with us, how to talk to us. He wants to know how we’re feeling, like how’s my shoulder after the game last night? Then he’ll adjust practice or drills to however we’re feeling.”

This season, the Ducks were picked by Pac-12 coaches to finish fifth, along with California. They also opened the year unranked.

With a spotless start that has included wins against then-No. 20 Hawaii and then-No. 23 Michigan State, the Ducks have climbed back into the national rankings.

Awaiting them after this week is a Pac-12 schedule that includes six teams ranked in the top 25, including No. 1 Stanford.

“I always think it’s going to turn out great,” Moore said. “I thought we would be good. The one thing I didn’t know is how good the University of Oregon athletic department would turn out to be.

“I have been so fortunate to be part of this department as it’s grown like crazy. When I got here I knew that kids from Oregon wanted to come to Oregon. But now, kids from all over the country, this is their dream school.”

As it turns out, it has been Moore’s dream school as well.

After starting his coaching career in 1989 at Northern Michigan, where he went 123-55 and won the 1993 NCAA Division II national championship, Moore moved on to a three-year stint at Kansas State (61-34), then four years at Texas (84-38), where he won a Big 12 championship before resigning after a 10-18 season in 2000.

He followed with two seasons at Chico State (34-21) before returning to Northern Michigan (50-8) for two years.

When Oregon came calling again — the Ducks tried to hire Moore after Cathy Nelson resigned following the 1999 season — he jumped at the chance to head back to the West Coast.

“I’m excited about what we’ve been able to create, but I’m right in the middle of it still and I want to be here a little while longer,” Moore said. “I’m still framing the house.”

And taking up a long-term residence in his latest rebuilding project.