Porter Moser
Porter Moser (born August 24, 1968)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Oklahoma Sooners
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Little Rock record: 54-34 (.614)
Illinois State record: 51-67 (.432)
Loyola (IL) record: 188-141 (.571)
Oklahoma record: 54-45 (.545)
Overall record: 347-287 (.547)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2018, 2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2018, 2021)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (2018)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2019, 2022)
- CBI Championships: 1 (2015)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2015)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 3 (2018, 2019, 2021)
- SEC Tournament Champion: 0
- Missouri Valley Tournament Champion: 2 (2018, 2021)
Awards:
- Missouri Valley Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Oklahoma |
| 2011-2021 | Loyola (IL) |
| 2008-2011 | Saint Louis (assoc. HC) |
| 2007-2008 | Saint Louis (asst) |
| 2003-2007 | Illinois State |
| 2000-2003 | Arkansas-Little Rock |
| 1998-2000 | Arkansas-Little Rock (asst) |
| 1996-1998 | Texas A&M (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Milwaukee (asst) |
| 1991-1995 | Texas A&M (asst) |
| 1990-1991 | Creighton (grad. asst) |
Porter Moser Facts
- Porter Andrew Moser
- Born August 24, 1968
- Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Creighton University (BA, 1990)
- Was a two-year starter at Creighton, playing under head coach Tony Barone
- Spent seven seasons as an assistant under Barone, first as a grad assistant at Creighton for one year and then separate stints of four and two years as a full-time assistant at Texas A&M
- In between stints, spent one year assisting Ric Cobb at Milwaukee
- Was an asst for two years at Arkansas-Little Rock, one each under Wimp Sanderson and Sidney Moncrief, before becoming head coach in 2000
- Won 18 games in each of his three seasons leading the Trojans’ program
- Moved on to Illinois State in 2003, where he won 51 games in four seasons as head coach
- Between head coaching positions at Illinois State and Loyola, was an assistant/associate head coach at Saint Louis for the late Rick Majerus
- Moser has been the head coach at Loyola Chicago since 2011, with 162 wins during his tenure thus far
- Led the Ramblers to a CBI title in 2015 and then won the Missouri Valley title outright (and Tournament) in 2018; NCAA berth was first for program in over 30 years
- The 2018 Ramblers reached the Final Four, a first for the program since winning the 1963 NCAA title
- Won another MVC Tournament in 2021 to get back to the NCAA Tournament as an 8-seed; the Ramblers reached the Sweet 16
- Led the Ramblers to a CBI title in 2015 and then won the Missouri Valley title outright (and Tournament) in 2018; NCAA berth was first for program in over 30 years
- Hired in April 2021 to be the new head coach at Oklahoma, replacing the retired Lon Kruger
- Is 54-45 through three seasons at the helm; OU moved to the SEC starting with the 2024-25 season
Porter Moser Coaching Tree
- Brian Barone (SIU Edwardsville)
- Steve Forbes (Wake Forest, East Tennessee State)
- Dana Ford (Missouri State, Tennessee State)
- Jason Gardner (IUPUI)
- Chris Jans (Mississippi State, New Mexico State, Bowling Green)
- Bryan Mullins (Southern Illinois)
- David Patrick (Sacramento State)
- Daniyal Robinson (Cleveland State)
- Bennie Seltzer (Evansville)
- Steve Shields (Arkansas-Little Rock)
- KT Turner (UT Arlington)
- Drew Valentine (Loyola IL)