Drew Valentine

OFFICIAL: Valentine named head coach at Loyola Chicago

Drew Valentine, who has spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola University Chicago, helping the team to three Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championships, two NCAA Tournament berths and a National Invitation Tournament appearance, has been named the 17th head coach in men’s basketball program history, it was announced tonight. Valentine will

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REPORT: Loyola to elevate Valentine to head coach

According to multiple reports, including one from the Chicago Sun Times, Loyola University Chicago is expected to elevate assistant Drew Valentine to head coach. He would replace Porter Moser, who officially took over at Oklahoma this weekend. Valentine, who turns 30 in May, played collegiately at Oakland University. Following his playing days, he spent two

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OFFICIAL: Oakland Names Drew Valentine Assistant

Thanks to a great source who got HoopDirt.com out in front of this one last Monday.  It has now been made official that former Oakland University basketball player Drew Valentine has been named assistant basketball coach at his alma mater OU. Valentine, a native of Lansing, Mich., spent the last two seasons as a graduate

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Oakland Dirt…

I can confirm that Oakland University will hire Drew Valantine as an assistant coach.  Valentine is a 2013 Oakland graduate who most recently served as a graduate assistant at Michigan State.  He scored 1,069 points for the Grizzlies, and was an All-Summitt League honorable mention during his senior season.  Valentines brother, Denzel, was the second

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