Arthur Loche is an American former college basketball coach and was the head men's basketball coach at Vermont from 1965 to 1972.[1][2]
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1959–1961 | NYU |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1962–1965 | NYU (asst.) |
| 1965–1972 | Vermont |
| 1969, 1971 | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 1972–1976 | Florida Tech |
Playing career
editA letter winner and senior captain at NYU, Loche was a member of the Violets' 1959–60 Final Four squad and teammate of Naismith Hall of Fame member Satch Sanders.[3][4]
Coaching career
editLoche began his coaching career at his alma mater until 1965, when he accepted the head men's basketball position at Vermont.[5] Over a seven-year period, Loche guided the Catamounts to a 69–96 record before stepping down to take the head men's basketball coach and athletic director position at Florida Institute of Technology, where he stayed until 1976.[6]
During the college basketball off season, Loche coached the famed Vaqueros de Bayamón in Puerto Rico, leading the squad to two separate Baloncesto Superior Nacional titles in 1969 and 1971.
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont (Yankee Conference) (1965–1972) | |||||||||
| 1965–66 | Vermont | 12–8 | 3–7 | 5th | |||||
| 1966–67 | Vermont | 9–15 | 1–9 | 5th | |||||
| 1967–68 | Vermont | 12–12 | 5–5 | 4th | |||||
| 1968–69 | Vermont | 14–11 | 3–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1969–70 | Vermont | 8–16 | 3–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1970–71 | Vermont | 9–15 | 1–9 | 6th | |||||
| 1971–72 | Vermont | 5–19 | 0–10 | 6th | |||||
| Vermont: | 69–96 | 16–53 | |||||||
| Total: | 69–96 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Art Loche Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "UVM Athletics". uvmathletics.com.
- ^ "Independents". Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
- ^ "Art Loche College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Bennington Banner from Bennington, Vermont on October 19, 1965 · Page 9".
- ^ "The Pelican" (PDF). Research.fit.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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