Drew Valentine

Drew Valentine (born May 25, 1991)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Loyola Ramblers
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Loyola (IL) record: 58-39 (.598)
Overall record: 58-39 (.598)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1  (2022)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  1  (2024)
• Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion:  1  (2024)
• Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion:  0
• Missouri Valley Tournament Champion:  1  (2022)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2021-present	Loyola (IL)
2017-2021	Loyola (IL) (asst)
2015-2017	Oakland (asst)
2013-2015	Michigan State (grad. asst)

Drew Valentine Facts

• Carlton Andrew Valentine II
• Born May 25, 1991
• Hometown: Lansing, Michigan
• Alma Mater: Oakland University (BA, 2013)
• Played football and basketball at Sexton HS in Lansing, MI, earning All-State honors in the latter as a senior in 2009
• Was a four-year contributor for Greg Kampe at Oakland, where he was part of two NCAA Tournament teams and graduated in 2013 and the winningest player in program history (87 victories)
• Started his coaching career back in Lansing, spending two seasons as a graduate assistant for Tom Izzo at Michigan State
  • Younger brother, Denzel, was a star player for the Spartans; Drew was part of MSU’s 2015 Final Four staff
• Hired by Greg Kampe as an assistant coach in 2015 and spent the next two seasons working at his alma mater
• Joined Porter Moser‘s staff at Loyola Chicago in 2017, working as an assistant for the next four seasons
  • Part of the Ramblers’ historic 2018 Final Four run, as well as their return to the Sweet Sixteen in 2021
  • During his tenure as an assistant, the program won three Missouri Valley titles and was 99-36 overall
• In April 2021, following Moser’s departure to Oklahoma, Valentine was promoted to head coach of the Ramblers
  • Finished 2nd in the MVC in his first season, then won the MVC Tournament to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament
  • The program moved to the Atlantic 10 in 2022 and after finishing last place in their first season, the Ramblers won a share of the A-10 regular season title in 2024 – an 11-win turnaround year over year

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