Rusty Loyd

Biography

Rusty Loyd joined the DePauw staff as head men's basketball coach in April 2022. Prior to DePauw, he served as head men's basketball coach at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology since 2014, leading the Fightin' Engineers to a 120-78 overall record and an 82-43 mark in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play over eight seasons. He was named HCAC Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2021, and his teams appeared in the HCAC Tournament championship game three times. Loyd directed Rose-Hulman to the HCAC regular season conference title in 2018 while tying for second in 2019 and 2022. He was named to the Silver Waves Media list of 50 Impactful Head Coaches in NCAA Division III men's basketball in 2020 and 2022. Before becoming head coach at Rose-Hulman, he was the assistant men's basketball coach and head men's golf coach there for five seasons. Loyd started his coaching career as an assistant at Earlham College for two seasons, followed by stints at Lewis University and his alma mater. His first head coaching position came in June 2006 at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he remained until 2009. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and was a standout player for the Maroons, helping lead the team to a 76-29 four-year record while starting three years and serving as captain.

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