Ryan Looney
Ryan Looney (born November 8, 1975)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Idaho State Bengals
Current conference: Big Sky Conference
Eastern Oregon record: 95-55 (.633)
Seattle Pacific record: 164-51 (.763)
Point Loma Nazarene record: 69-28 (.711)
Idaho State record: 53-97 (.353)
Overall record^: 381-231 (.623)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 0
- Pac West (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2019)
- GNAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 2 (2010, 2014)
- Cascade (NAIA) Regular Season Champion: 2 (2008, 2009)
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 0
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2019)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 9 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 1 (2019)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2008, 2009)
Awards:
- Pac West (Div II) Coach of the Year: 1 (2019)
- GNAC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 2 (2010, 2014)
- Cascade (NAIA) Coach of the Year: 1 (2008)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | Idaho State |
| 2016-2019 | Point Loma Nazarene |
| 2009-2016 | Seattle Pacific |
| 2004-2009 | Eastern Oregon |
| 2002-2004 | Minnesota State–Moorhead (asst) |
| 2001-2002 | North Idaho (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | Wisconsin-La Crosse (asst) |
Ryan Looney Facts
- Ryan Looney
- Born November 8, 1975
- Hometown: Spokane, Washington
- Alma Mater: Eastern Oregon University (BA, 1998) / University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (MA, 2001)
- The Spokane-native played at NAIA Eastern Oregon, graduating in 1998 and starting his coaching career a year later
- Spent two years as a graduate assistant at D-III Wisconsin-La Crosse while earning his master’s degree
- Returned to alma mater Eastern Oregon in 2004 when he was hired as Mountaineers’ new head coach
- Went 95-55 in five seasons at the helm, winning two conference titles and reaching the NAIA Tournament twice
- Next stop was a seven-year stint at D-II Seattle Pacific, where he won 164 games
- Claimed two GNAC regular season titles and reached the D-II NCAA Tournament in each of his seven seasons
- Left SPU for D-II Point Loma Nazarene (in San Diego, CA) in 2016, going 69-28 over three seasons
- Improved the Sea Lions from 17 wins in year one to a 31-5 record and D-II NCAA Runner-Up finish in year three
- Hired in April 2019 to be the new head coach at Idaho State, his first job with a Division I program
- Along with his wife, Julianna, has one daughter and one son
Ryan Looney Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA levels
