Hall of Fame
Loos is the winningest coach in OVC men’s basketball history, compiling 421 overall and 257 league victories over his career at Austin Peay (1990-2017). Including his four seasons at Christian Brothers prior to taking over at Austin Peay, Loos reached 502 career victories, becoming just the 97th coach with at least 10 years of Division I experience to reach that milestone.
Loos is the only men’s basketball coach to win five OVC Coach of the Year awards (1990, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007) and he led Austin Peay to four OVC Tournament Championships (1996, 2003, 2008, 2016), equaling the all-time OVC mark by a coach. In 2017 he led the Governors to four victories in four days to become the first No. 8 seed to claim the tournament crown.
Loos coached some of the top players in OVC men’s basketball history, including Charles “Bubba” Wells, Trenton Hassell and Drake Reed, each of who was named OVC Player of the Year. He guided the 2003-04 team to a perfect 16-0 OVC record, which is one of just two unbeaten regular seasons since the 1970-71 season.
Loos also served as Austin Peay Director of Athletics for 16 years (1997-2013), including be the only coach nationally to hold both roles over his final seven years. His leadership resulted in Austin Peay winning 33 OVC regular season or tournament championships, establishing a women’s soccer program, implementing the return of women’s golf, returning football from non-scholarship status back to the OVC and overseeing construction and improvements to numerous athletic facilities. Additionally, the department earned two OVC Academic Achievement Banners (2002-03, 2008-09), saw 16 Academic All-Americans and 13 OVC Scholar-Athletes during his tenure.
A Missouri native, Loos played both basketball and baseball at Memphis State, where he was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2002.