NCAA Division I Location Chicago, Illinois | Athletic director Steve Watson Varsity teams 13 | |
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University Loyola University Chicago Conference Missouri Valley Conference | ||
The Loyola Ramblers are the varsity sports teams of Loyola University Chicago. Most teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference, which the school joined in 2013 after leaving the Horizon League. Notable athletes from Loyola have included middle-distance runner Tom O'Hara, volleyball player Thomas Jaeschke, and basketball players Mike Novak, Jerry Harkness, Les Hunter, Wayne Sappleton, Alfredrick Hughes, LaRue Martin, Keir Rogers and Blake Schilb.
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Teams
A member of the Missouri Valley Conference, Loyola University Chicago sponsors teams in seven men's and eight women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
National Championships
Men's basketball
Loyola Ramblers men's basketball has played at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena since 1996, before when they had spent a long period playing at the Rosemont Horizon. The 1962–1963 men's basketball team, led by coach George Ireland, won the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, by defeating the University of Cincinnati, 60-58, in the title game. Vic Rouse tipped in the winning bucket in overtime to win the game.
Loyola made it to the finals of the National Invitation Tournaments (NIT), in 1939 and 1949 and the 'Sweet Sixteen' of the 1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Men's volleyball
Loyola Ramblers men's volleyball is coached by Loyola alumnus Shane Davis. His record through twelve seasons is 265–88 (.751).
In 2013, the Ramblers were defeated by the UCI Anteaters 0–3 (24–26, 18–25, 27–29) in the first semifinal of the NCAA championships on May 2, 2013 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. This was the teams first appearance ever in an NCAA men's collegiate volleyball tournament.
On May 3, 2014, Loyola, playing host to the 2014 Championships, defeated the Stanford Cardinal 3-1 to win the program's first-ever NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship.
Loyola successfully defended their championship in 2015, defeating Lewis 3-2 at Stanford's Maples Pavilion.
Facilities
Loyola does not have local competition sites for cross country, golf, or track and field.