Porter Moser - 2018 Distinguished Honoree

Porter Moser is in his seventh season as Head Coach of the Loyola Ramblers, having been at the helm for the most significant moments in Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball history in the last 55 years. During his first seven seasons at Loyola, Porter has changed the program’s culture and reestablished recruiting in the Chicago area, all while successfully navigating the transition to the Missouri Valley Conference. ​

Named head coach at Loyola in April 2011, Moser began the process of rebuilding the Rambler program and guided it through the transition to the Missouri Valley Conference.

The 2017-18 season was a historic one for Loyola as Moser piloted the Ramblers to a school-record 32 wins and their first Final Four appearance since winning the NCAA championship in 1963, along with a No. 7 ranking in the final 2017-18 USA Today Coaches Poll.

Moser was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year this year and also was selected as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 16 Coach of the Year after leading Loyola to the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships and a school-record 32 wins.

One of only two coaches in MVC history to win the MVC Tournament as both a player and a head coach, Moser is also one of only five individuals to win or share the league’s regular-season title as a head coach after doing so as a player.

As a player at Creighton, Moser was a two-year starter and helped the Bluejays to the 1989 Missouri Valley Conference title and a NCAA Tournament berth.

Moser honed his craft under a pair of legendary coaches in Tony Barone and Rick Majerus with head coaching stops along the way at Arkansas-Little Rock and Illinois State before landing at Loyola. Moser’s first head coaching opportunity came at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, and in three short seasons there, he steered the Trojans to a 54-34 overall record. The architect of the greatest turnaround in Sun Belt Conference history, Moser turned a 4-24 team into an 18-11 outfit in just one year.