BALTIMORE — Josh Loeffler is aware of how to win. He is aware of how to win in Baltimore. Now he’s back and searching to do it on the Division I degree.
“For me it is a thrill and I’m simply ecstatic to be back,” he stated.
The 42-year-old was named Loyola University’s head males’s basketball coach on Saturday. He is already within the gymnasium, holding exercises together with his new staff.
“As a brand new coach, it’s useful as a result of there may be little or no that’s higher, so as to get to know one another, than being on the ground and dealing collectively.”
While instructing this group of Greyhounds is new to him, sporting the ‘L’ on his chest will not be so new for Loeffler. He was an assistant coach for the Hounds from 2013–17. After that, he took over as head coach at Division III Johns Hopkins, the place over six years he compiled a 114-27 file. Last yr, he was an assistant at Cincinnati.
“I’m passionate. I’m energetic. I attempt to be extra affected person every single day,” he stated. “I’ve an urgency about me that I feel shines by. I actually am somebody who loves basketball and urgently needs to get Loyola taking part in at a championship degree.”
How does he envision his Greyhounds taking part in?
“One can count on a staff that’s going to work very laborious and defend, one that’s going to take very significantly making an attempt to get stops. Offensively, I’d like to say we’re going to play a horny model of basketball the place we worth making one another higher.”
The Hounds went 7-25 final season. They have 5 gamers within the switch portal, together with the Patriot League’s main scorer, Baltimore’s personal Deon Perry.
Loeffler takes over for Tavaras Hardy. He stepped down after six seasons as head coach.
Regarding how busy he has been since being employed, Loeffler stated it’s been “the perfect model of chaos.” Judging by his persona, that’s simply what he’s hoping to deliver to the Patriot League subsequent fall.
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