Tavaras Hardy (born February 9, 1980)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Loyola Greyhounds
Current conference: Patriot League
Loyola (MD) record: 59-85 (.410)
Overall record: 59-85 (.410)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Patriot League Regular Season Champion: 0
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | Loyola (MD) |
| 2016-2018 | Georgia Tech (asst) |
| 2013-2016 | Georgetown (asst) |
| 2011-2013 | Northwestern (assoc. HC) |
| 2006-2011 | Northwestern (asst) |
Tavaras Hardy Facts
- Tavaras Hardy
- Born February 9, 1980
- Hometown: Joliet, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Northwestern University (BS, 2002)
- Played four years at Northwestern for head coaches Kevin O’Neill and Bill Carmody; twice earned All-Big Ten honors
- Worked in wealth management after graduating while also coaching the Illinois Defenders AAU program
- Returned to Northwestern in 2006 as an assistant under Carmody; promoted in 2011 to associate head coach
- Left NU for Georgetown in 2013 when Carmody was fired, spending the next three years as an assistant under Hoyas’ head coach John Thompson III
- Joined Josh Pastner‘s staff at Georgia Tech in 2016, spending two years as a Yellow Jackets assistant
- Hired in March 2018 to become the head coach at Loyola (MD); he is 59-85 through five seasons at the helm
- Along with his wife, Billée, has two daughters and two sons
Tavaras Hardy Coaching Tree
- Freddie Owens (Green Bay)
