Josh Loeffler (born 1981 or 1982)[1] is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the Swarthmore Garnet Tide and has previously worked with the Hamilton Continentals, St. Lawrence Saints, Williams Ephs, Stevens Tech Ducks, Lafayette Leopards, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, and Cincinnati Bearcats.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Loyola (MD) |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 2–1 (.667) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 22, 1981 |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1999–2003 | Swarthmore |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 2003–2004 | Hamilton (assistant) |
| 2004–2005 | St. Lawrence (GA) |
| 2005–2006 | Williams (assistant) |
| 2006–2008 | Stevens Tech |
| 2008–2012 | Lafayette (assistant) |
| 2013–2017 | Loyola (MD) (assistant) |
| 2017–2023 | Johns Hopkins |
| 2023–2024 | Cincinnati (assistant) |
| 2024–present | Loyola (MD) |
| Football | |
| 2003 | Hamilton (DL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2012–2013 | Rutgers (DBO) |
| 2023–2024 | Cincinnati (CAS) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 162–41 (.798) |
| Tournaments | 6–5 (NCAA DIII) |
Early life
editLoeffler grew up in West Grove, Pennsylvania, and attended Wilmington Friends School in Delaware.[1] At Wilmington, he played football and basketball; Loeffler was co-captain of the football team.[1][2] He graduated from Wilmington in 1999 and then attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he played four years on the basketball team and was a starter for three.[3][4] He graduated from Swarthmore in 2003 and received a degree in economics.[4]
Coaching career
editLoeffler got his first coaching job at Hamilton College in 2003, serving one season as assistant basketball coach while helping them reach the NCAA Division III Tournament; he also was the defensive line coach of the football team.[5] He then was a graduate assistant with the St. Lawrence Saints during the 2004–05 season before becoming an assistant coach for the Williams Ephs in 2005–06.[5]
Loeffler received his first head coaching position with the Stevens Tech Ducks in 2006, leading them to an overall record of 46–13 in his two seasons there, which included an NCAA Tournament appearance and tying for the conference regular season championship each year.[6] He left the program in 2008 to become an assistant for the Lafayette Leopards.[6] Loeffler was the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Leopards for four years, leaving in 2012 to become director of operations with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.[7][8]
Loeffler remained at Rutgers for a year before joining the Loyola Greyhounds as assistant coach in 2013.[9] After four years in the position, he became head coach of the Division III Johns Hopkins Blue Jays in 2017.[10] In six years in the role, he helped the team compile an overall record of 114–27, which included participation in four NCAA Tournaments and three conference titles.[11] He resigned in 2023 to take a post as assistant at Cincinnati.[12] He also became the team's chief of administrative staff.[4]
After one year at Cincinnati, Loeffler was introduced as the head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds on March 30, 2024.[13]
Personal life
editLoeffler is married and has two children.[4]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Tech Ducks (Skyline/Empire 8) (2006–2008) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Stevens Tech | 23–7 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2007–08 | Stevens Tech | 23–6 | 12–4 | 2nd | |||||
| Stevens Tech: | 46–13 (.780) | 25–7 (.781) | |||||||
| Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (Centennial) (2017–2023) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | Johns Hopkins | 24–5 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Johns Hopkins | 18–9 | 14–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 2019–20 | Johns Hopkins | 24–4 | 16–2 | 2nd | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2020–21 | Johns Hopkins | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | Johns Hopkins | 23–4 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Johns Hopkins | 25–5 | 16–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division III Sweet 16 | ||||
| Johns Hopkins: | 114–27 (.809) | 77–13 (.856) | |||||||
| Loyola Greyhounds (Patriot) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Loyola | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Loyola: | 2–1 (.667) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 162–41 (.798) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b c Zeitlin, Dave. "West Grove native ascends quickly up college coaching ranks". Daily Local News.
- ^ "Friends Quakers". The News Journal. September 8, 1998. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Josh Loeffler '99". Wilmington Friends School. January 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Josh Loeffler". Cincinnati Bearcats.
- ^ a b "Josh Loeffler". Loyola Greyhounds.
- ^ a b "Last Loeff: Stevens coach is leaving". NJ.com. May 15, 2008.
- ^ "Josh Loeffler Named Director of Basketball Operations at Rutgers". Rutgers Scarlet Knights. May 1, 2012.
- ^ Prunty, Brendan (May 1, 2012). "Rutgers hires Lafayette assistant coach Josh Loeffler as new Director of Basketball Operations". NJ.com.
- ^ Gary, Keith (May 2, 2013). "Former Lafayette coach Josh Loeffler named men's basketball assistant at Loyola (Md.)". The Express-Times.
- ^ Guise, Jill (May 5, 2017). "Josh Loeffler named Johns Hopkins men's basketball coach". Johns Hopkins University.
- ^ Lee, Edward (June 3, 2023). "Johns Hopkins' Loeffler steps down to take an assistant role at Cincinnati". The Baltimore Sun. p. D12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wes Miller adds Johns Hopkins head coach to UC's Big 12 basketball staff". The Cincinnati Enquirer. June 2, 2023.
- ^ DiSangro, Rocco (March 30, 2024). "Loyola tabs Josh Loeffler as Men's Basketball Coach". WBFF.