Ken Loeffler

Alma Mater:

Class of:

1924

Hometown:

Beaver Falls, PA

Led La Salle to 1952 NIT championship and 1954 NCAA title. Also directed team to second-place finish in 1955 NCAA Tournament
Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1964
Served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II
Coach of the NBA's St. Louis Bombers in 1946-47 and 1947-48 (67-42 record, .615) and Providence Steamrollers in 1948-49 (12-48, .200). The Bombers posted the league's best regular-season record in 1947-48
Three-year basketball letterman under Burke Hermann
Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI)--1950 (10), 1952 (NR/17), 1953 (6/4), 1954 (2/11) and 1955 (3/3)
All-Americans (one): La Salle's Tom Gola (1952 through 1955).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1928-29	Geneva	14-5
1929-30	Geneva	10-9
1930-31	Geneva	13-10
1931-32	Geneva	13-7			Eastern Pa.
1932-33	Geneva	13-6	10-2	1st	Eastern Pa.
1933-34	Geneva	13-9	11-1	1st	Eastern Pa.
1934-35	Geneva	16-7
1935-36	Yale	8-16	6-6	3rd	EIBL
1936-37	Yale	12-8	7-5	3rd	EIBL
1937-38	Yale	7-12	3-9	7th	EIBL	DNP
1938-39	Yale	4-16	3-9	6th	EIBL	DNP
1939-40	Yale	13-6	7-5	3rd	EIBL	DNP
1940-41	Yale	10-12	4-8	4th	EIBL	DNP
1941-42	Yale	7-12	3-9	6th	EIBL	DNP
1945-46	Denver	9-15				DNP
1949-50	La Salle	21-4				NIT (1-1)
1950-51	La Salle	22-7				NIT (0-1)
1951-52	La Salle	24-5				NIT (4-0)
1952-53	La Salle	25-3				NIT (0-1)
1953-54	La Salle	26-4				NCAA (5-0)
1954-55	La Salle	26-5				NCAA (4-1)
1955-56	Texas A&M	6-18	3-9	T-5th	SWC	DNP
1956-57	Texas A&M	7-17	3-9	T-6th	SWC	Probation

23-Year College Coaching Record: 319-213 (.600) overall
92-53 (.634) in seven years at Geneva (PA)
61-82 (.427) in seven years at Yale
9-15 (.375) in one year at Denver
144-28 (.837) in six years at La Salle
13-35 (.271) in two years at Texas A&M
33-51 (.393) in Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (forerunner of Ivy League)
6-18 (.250) in Southwest Conference
9-1 (.900) in NCAA Tournament
5-3 (.625) in NIT

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