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]
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]
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.