Arthur Loche Explained

Arthur Loche
Player Years1:1959–1961
Player Team1:NYU
Coach Years1:1962–1965
Coach Team1:NYU (asst.)
Coach Years2:1965–1972
Coach Team2:Vermont
Coach Years3:1969, 1971
Coach Team3:Vaqueros de Bayamón
Coach Years4:1972–1976
Coach Team4:Florida Tech

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

A 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

Loche 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

College

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Art Loche Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. Web site: UVM Athletics. uvmathletics.com.
  3. Web site: Independents . 2016-11-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161114165427/http://www.si.com/vault/1959/12/07/604542/independents . 2016-11-14 .
  4. Web site: Art Loche College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. Web site: Bennington Banner from Bennington, Vermont on October 19, 1965 · Page 9.
  6. Web site: The Pelican . PDF . Research.fit.edu . 2017-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510144908/http://research.fit.edu/emeritus/documents/doc_mgr/820/April%201976%20Pelican.pdf . 2017-05-10 . dead .