| Josh Loeffler | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Loyola (MD) |
| Current Conference: | Patriot League |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1981 |
| Player Sport1: | Basketball |
| Player Years1: | 1999–2003 |
| Player Team1: | Swarthmore |
| Coach Sport1: | Basketball |
| Coach Years1: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team1: | Hamilton (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team2: | St. Lawrence (GA) |
| Coach Years3: | 2005–2006 |
| Coach Team3: | Williams (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2006–2008 |
| Coach Team4: | Stevens Tech |
| Coach Years5: | 2008–2012 |
| Coach Team5: | Lafayette (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2013–2017 |
| Coach Team6: | Loyola (MD) (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2017–2023 |
| Coach Team7: | Johns Hopkins |
| Coach Years8: | 2023–2024 |
| Coach Team8: | Cincinnati (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team9: | Loyola (MD) |
| Coach Sport10: | Football |
| Coach Years10: | 2003 |
| Coach Team10: | Hamilton (DL) |
| Admin Years1: | 2012–2013 |
| Admin Team1: | Rutgers |
| Admin Years2: | 2023–2024 |
| Admin Team2: | Cincinnati |
| Tournament Record: | 6–5 (NCAA DIII) |
Josh Loeffler (born)[1] is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the Swarthmore Garnet Tide and has previously worked with the Hamilton Continentals, St. Lawrence Saints, Williams Ephs, Stevens Tech Ducks, Lafayette Leopards, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, and Cincinnati Bearcats.
Loeffler grew up in West Grove, Pennsylvania, and attended Wilmington Friends School in Delaware.[1] At Wilmington, he played football and basketball; Loeffler was co-captain of the football team.[1] [2] He graduated from Wilmington in 1999 and then attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he played four years on the basketball team and was a starter for three.[3] [4] He graduated from Swarthmore in 2003 and received a degree in economics.[4]
Loeffler got his first coaching job at Hamilton College in 2003, serving one season as assistant basketball coach while helping them reach the NCAA Division III Tournament; he also was the defensive line coach of the football team.[5] He then was a graduate assistant with the St. Lawrence Saints during the 2004–05 season before becoming an assistant coach for the Williams Ephs in 2005–06.[5]
Loeffler received his first head coaching position with the Stevens Tech Ducks in 2006, leading them to an overall record of 46–13 in his two seasons there, which included an NCAA Tournament appearance and tying for the conference regular season championship each year.[6] He left the program in 2008 to become an assistant for the Lafayette Leopards.[6] Loeffler was the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Leopards for four years, leaving in 2012 to become director of operations with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.[7] [8]
Loeffler remained at Rutgers for a year before joining the Loyola Greyhounds as assistant coach in 2013.[9] After four years in the position, he became head coach of the Division III Johns Hopkins Blue Jays in 2017.[10] In six years in the role, he helped the team compile an overall record of 114–27, which included participation in four NCAA Tournaments and three conference titles.[11] He resigned in 2023 to take a post as assistant at Cincinnati.[12] He also became the team's chief of administrative staff.[4]
After one year at Cincinnati, Loeffler was introduced as the head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds on March 30, 2024.[13]
Loeffler is married and has two children.[4]