John Loyer
John Loyer | |
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| Born | December 29, 1964 United States |
| Occupation | Basketball coach |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Known for | Interim head coach of the Detroit Pistons (2014) |
John Foster Loyer (born December 29, 1964) is a basketball coach from the United States.
He completed his high school education at Northmor High School in Galion, Ohio in 1983, where he was the top scorer during his senior year. Loyer played collegiate basketball for the University of Akron from 1983 through 1987 and graduated with a social studies degree in 1988. His coaching journey began as an assistant at Akron under the guidance of Bob Huggins in 1987. He then accompanied Huggins to the University of Cincinnati, serving as an assistant coach there until 1999. Loyer’s initial head coaching position was at Wabash Valley College for the 1999–2000 season.
In 2000, Loyer entered the NBA ranks with the Portland Trail Blazers, initially as a video coordinator. He advanced to become an advance scout from 2001 to 2003, and then an assistant coach between 2003 and 2005, working under Maurice Cheeks. Following Cheeks, he moved to the Philadelphia 76ers where he continued as an assistant coach from 2005 until 2009, remaining on staff even after Cheeks was dismissed partway through the season. Between 2009 and 2011, Loyer served as an assistant coach for the New Jersey Nets, collaborating with head coaches Lawrence Frank and Avery Johnson.
Loyer joined the Detroit Pistons coaching staff as an assistant in 2011, reuniting first with Lawrence Frank and later with Maurice Cheeks when he took over as head coach in 2013. On February 9, 2014, following Cheeks’ termination, Loyer was appointed interim head coach of the Pistons.
Subsequently, he took on a scouting role with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Loyer is also the father of accomplished athletes: his son Foster Loyer won the title of 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan, another son Fletcher Loyer was runner-up for the 2022 Indiana Mr. Basketball, and his daughter Jersey competes in Division I volleyball at Butler University.
Head coaching record
|- | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | style="text-align:left;"| |32||8||24|||| align="center"|4th in Central|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Did Not Qualify for Playoffs |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"|Overall | ||32||8||24|||| ||||||||||