Ken Loeffler

Ken Loeffler
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1902-04-14)April 14, 1902
Died	January 1, 1975(1975-01-01) (aged 72)
Playing career
1920-1924	Penn State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1928–1934	Geneva
1935–1942	Yale
1945–1946	Denver
1946–1948	St. Louis Bombers (BAA)
1948–1949	Providence Steamrollers (NBA)
1949-1955	La Salle
1955-1957	Texas A&M
Head coaching record
Overall	College 370–213 (.635) Professional 79–90 (.467)
Tournaments	NCAA: 9-1 (.900) NIT: 5-3 (.625) NBA Playoffs: 4-6 (.400)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Champion (1954) NCAA Final Four (1954, 1955) NIT Champion (1952)

Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1964 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Kenneth D. Loeffler (April 14, 1902 – January 1, 1975) was an American collegiate and professional basketball coach. He was mostly known for guiding the La Salle University men's basketball team to the 1954 NCAA Championship and the 1952 National Invitation Tournament Championship.

After earning a Bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania State University (1920–24) and a short pro basketball career (1924–29), the Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania native began his collegiate coaching career at Geneva College (1928–34). In 1934 he became basketball head coach at Yale University, and also assistant coach to the football and baseball varsity. In seven years at Yale Loeffler put up a 61-82 record. During World War II he served in the U.S. Air Force.

After the war Loeffler began coaching pro teams in the Basketball Association of America. First the St. Louis Bombers (1946–48), then the Providence Steamrollers (1948–49). In 1949 he returned to the college ranks when he became head coach at La Salle. With players like future Hall of Fameer Tom Gola, Loeffler's La Salle teams went on to dominate college basketball over half a decade in the early 1950s. In six seasons at La Salle, Loeffler led the Explorers to a post-season appearance in every single season. Under Loeffler, La Salle made four trips to the NIT (before it was considered "second-rate") and two visits to the NCAA Tournament. In 1955 Loeffler moved on to become the head coach at Texas A&M College, a post he held until 1957.

On October 1, 1964, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

College basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Geneva Covenanters (Independent) (1928–1934)
1928–1929	Geneva	14-5
1929–1930	Geneva	10-9
1930–1931	Geneva	13-10
1931–1932	Geneva	14-7
1932–1933	Geneva	13-6
1933–1934	Geneva	13-9
Geneva:		93–53 (.637)
Yale Bulldogs (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1935–1942)
1935–1936	Yale	8-16	6-6	T-3rd
1936–1937	Yale	12-8	7-5	T-3rd
1937–1938	Yale	7-12	3-9	7th
1938–1939	Yale	4-16	3-9	6th
1939–1940	Yale	13-6	7-5	T-3rd
1940–1941	Yale	10-12	4-8	T-4th
1941–1942	Yale	7-12	3-9	6th
Yale:		61–82 (.427)	33–51 (.393)
Denver Pioneers (Mountain States Conference) (1945–1946)
1945–1946	Denver	9-15	1-11	7th
Denver:		9–15 (.375)	1–11 (.083)
La Salle Explorers (Independent) (1949–1955)
1949–1950	La Salle	21-4			NIT Quarterfinals
1950–1951	La Salle	22-7			NIT First Round
1951–1952	La Salle	24-5			NIT Champions
1952–1953	La Salle	25-3			NIT Quarterfinals
1953–1954	La Salle	26-4			NCAA Champions
1954–1955	La Salle	26-5			NCAA Runner-up
La Salle:		144–28 (.837)
Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1955–1957)
1955–1956	Texas A&M	6-18	3-9	T-5th
1956–1957	Texas A&M	7-17	3-9	T-6th
Texas A&M:		13–35 (.271)	6–18 (.250)
Total:		370–213 (.635)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Professional basketball

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
SLB	1946–47	61	38	23	.623	2nd in Western	3	1	2	.333	Lost in League Quarterfinals
SLB	1947–48	48	29	19	.604	1st in Western	7	3	4	.429	Lost in League Semifinals
PRO	1948–49	60	12	48	.200	6th in Eastern	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
Career		169	79	90	.467		10	4	6	.400

References

Yale Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

Henry S. Anderson (1895–1898)
No coach (1898–1902)
Yale Murphy (1902–1903)
Unknown (1903–1906)
Billy Lush (1906–1911)
R. B. Hyatt (1911–1912)
Pop Foster (1912–1913)
Haskell Noyes (1913–1914)
Robert Stowe (1914–1916)
A. Bernie Tommers (1916–1917)
Walter Mace (1917–1919)
Albert Sharpe (1919–1921)
Orson Kinney (1921–1922)
J. J. Fogarty (1922–1925)
George Taylor (1925–1928)
Elmer Ripley (1928–1935)
Ken Loeffler (1935–1942)
Red Rolfe (1942–1946)
Ivy Williamson (1946–1947)
Howard Hobson (1947–1956)
Joe Vancisin (1956–1975)
Ray Carazo (1975–1982)
Tom Brennan (1982–1986)
Dick Kuchen (1986–1999)
James Jones (1999– )

Denver Pioneers men's basketball head coaches

Unknown (1903–1906)
John P. Koehler (1906–1909)
No team (1909–1910)
Charles Wingender (1910–1911)
Clem Crowley (1911–1912)
Hiram Wilson (1912–1914)
Charles Wingender (1914–1916)
John Fike (1916–1918)
Charles Wingender (1918–1919)
George Koonsman (1919–1920)
Thomas Thompson (1920–1921)
Ralph Woods (1921–1923)
Aubrey Devine (1923–1925)
Jimmy Middlebrook (1925–1926)
Burt Potter (1926–1930)
Stuart Clark (1930–1932)
Clyde Hubbard (1932–1940)
Ellison Ketchum (1940–1943)
Mark Duncan # (1943)
Art Quinlan (1943–1944)
Cliff Rock (1944–1945)
Ken Loeffler (1945–1946)
Ellison Ketchum (1946–1948)
Hoyt Brawner (1948–1962)
Troy Bledsoe (1962–1968)
Stan Albeck (1968–1970)
Jim Karabetsos (1970–1972)
Al Harden (1972–1977)
Bill Weimar (1977–1978)
Ben Jobe (1978–1980)
Floyd Theard (1980–1985)
Dick Peth (1985–1997)
Marty Fletcher (1997–2001)
Terry Carroll (2001–2007)
Joe Scott (2007– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

St. Louis Bombers head coaches

Ken Loeffler (1946–1948) Grady Lewis (1948–1950)

Providence Steamrollers head coaches

Robert Morris (1946–1947) Hank Soar (1947–1948) Nat Hickey # (1948) Ken Loeffler (1948–1949) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

La Salle Explorers men's basketball head coaches

James J. Henry (1930–1931)
Thomas Conley (1931–1933)
Leonard Tanseer (1933–1941)
Obie O'Brien (1941–1943)
Joseph Meehan (1943–1946)
Charles McGlone (1946–1949)
Ken Loeffler (1949–1955)
Jim Pollard (1955–1958)
Dudey Moore (1958–1963)
Bob Walters (1963–1965)
Joe Heyer (1965–1967)
Jim Harding (1967–1968)
Tom Gola (1968–1970)
Paul Westhead (1970–1979)
Lefty Ervin (1979–1986)
Speedy Morris (1986–2001)
Billy Hahn (2001–2004)
John Giannini (2004–)

Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball head coaches

F. D. Steger (1912–1915)
D. V. Graves (1915–1916)
W. H. H. Morris (1916–1917)
William L. Driver (1917–1920)
Dana X. Bible (1920–1927)
C. F. Bassett (1927–1929)
John B. Reid (1929–1935)
Herbert McQuillan (1935–1941)
Marty Karow (1941–1942)
Manning Smith (1942–1945)
Marty Karow (1945–1950)
John Floyd (1950–1955)
Ken Loeffler (1955–1957)
Bob Rogers (1957–1963)
Shelby Metcalf (1963–1990)
John Thornton (1990)
Kermit Davis (1990–1991)
Tony Barone (1991–1998)
Melvin Watkins (1998–2004)
Billy Gillispie (2004–2007)
Mark Turgeon (2007–2011)
Billy Kennedy (2011– )

Ken Loeffler – championships, awards and honors

La Salle Explorers Men's Basketball 1953–54 NCAA Champions

3 Frank Blatcher 4 Francis O'Malley 5 Francis O'Hara 10 Charles Singley 15 Tom Gola (MOP) Head Coach Ken Loeffler

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1964

Players	Harold E. Foster Nat Holman John Russell

Coaches	Ken Loeffler

Contributors	John Bunn Ned Irish Renato William Jones

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Springfield, Massachusetts

Members

Coaches (98)

Alexeeva Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Blood Boeheim Brown Calhoun Calipari Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Ferrándiz Gaines Gamba Gardner Gaze Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hatchell Heinsohn Hickey Hobson Holzman Hurley Iba Jackson Julian Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Leonard Lewis Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan A. McGuire F. McGuire Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Nelson Nikolić Novosel Olson Pitino Ramsay Richardson Riley Rubini Rupp Rush Sachs Sharman Shelton Sloan Smith Stringer Summitt Tarkanian Taylor Teague Thompson VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens G. Williams R. Williams Wooden Woolpert Wootten Yow

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players

Contributors (66)

Players (168)

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Guerin Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers R. Miller Monroe Murphy Page Payton Petrović Phillip Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Staley Steinmetz Stockton Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West White Wilkens Woodard Wooden

Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley R. Brown Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson King Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Pettit Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman Walker White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley

Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Bellamy Chamberlain Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches

Referees (15)

Bavetta Enright Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nichols Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh

Teams (10)

1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team All American Red Heads Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters Immaculata College New York Renaissance Original Celtics Texas Western

Awards

Official website

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