Austin Peay State University will hold an 11 a.m., Monday, press conference to celebrate the career of Dave Loos, who will announce his retirement after 27 years as head men’s basketball coach—including 16 as athletics director. ‘The Dean of Ohio Valley Conference basketball coaches’, Loos walks away following a storied career which included a league-record
Austin Peay Head Coach Dave Loos Collects Career Win #500
Career victory No. 500 certainly didn’t go exactly how Austin Peay State University head men’s basketball coach Dave Loos drew it up, but he’ll gladly take it all the same. After trailing by as many as 19 points in the first half, Loos’ Governors staged a furious second-half rally to post an 85-80 victory to
Austin Peay Head Coach Dave Loos to take leave of absence from basketball program
Austin Peay State University head men’s basketball coach Dave Loos will take a leave of absence as he continues chemotherapy for a cancerous lymph node. July surgery led the removal of a malignant tumor on Loos’ colon and the discovery of a cancerous growth on a lymph node in the area. Loos, who is in
PDF: Dave Loos Inks 1-year Deal at Austin Peay
Dave Loos will be returning as the head coach at Austin Peay for the 2016-17 season. He recently inked a one-year deal with a base salary of $210,865. Although Loos agreed to a one-year contract extension, athletics director Ryan Ivey envisions Loos to be APSU’s head basketball coach for the near future. The most successful
Dave Loos Records 400th Victory at Austin Peay
Austin Peay State University rallied for a 90-86 Ohio Valley Conference victory over SIUE on Thursday night. The victory snapped a three-game Govs losing streak and improved them to 9-12 overall and 2-4 in the OVC. It also was Dave Loos’ 400th APSU coaching victory. Loos, who is the OVC’s all-time wins leader, is in
Julian Terrell Named Assistant at Austin Peay
Julian Terrell, a former Vanderbilt standout who has served as the program’s director of video operations the last two seasons, has been hired as Austin Peay State University men’s assistant basketball coach. The announcement was made by head coach Dave Loos. Terrell replaces Corey Gipson, who left last week for an assistant’s position at Missouri State.
Jay Bowen Joins Austin Peay Staff
Austin Peay State University’s newest assistant basketball coach isn’t new to the Governors at all, and certainly not to head Coach Dave Loos. Jay Bowen, who served as the Governors basketball assistant in 2001-02, is back at APSU for a second time and a third with APSU’s head coach. He replaces Bubba Wells, who resigned
Austin Peay Dirt…
With the departure of Bubba Wells from the Austin Peay staff earlier this week, rumors are swirling about his possible replacement. The “hot” name right now is Martin Methodist head coach Scott Combs. This past season, his team went 30-5 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NAIA DI National Tournament. McCombs is a former
Austin Peay Assistant Bubba Wells Resigns
Charles “Bubba” Wells, Austin Peay State University basketball’s all-time leading men’s scorer who has served the program as assistant coach for the past 10 seasons, has resigned his position to pursue other coaching opportunities. That was announced Wednesday afternoon by Governors head coach Dave Loos. “Bubba Wells and I have shared lots of basketball and