Christian Brothers University Athletics Hall of Fame
Dave Loos is an icon of college athletics, and especially men’s basketball, in the state of Tennessee and the southeast. He got his start at CBU, first coaching baseball from 1971 to 1974 and later coaching men’s basketball from 1981 to 1985. In baseball, he led CBU to an 81-78 record in four seasons, including the 1973 VSAC championship – the school’s only conference championship in baseball. When he came back to CBU, he led the men’s basketball team to four straight winning records, including a 25-10 record and the VSAC championship in 1984-85. The VSAC title was CBU’s only NAIA-era conference championship, and the 25 wins are still tied for the record for most wins in a season. In all, he went 82-53 in his four years at CBU. Since leaving CBU, Loos has been the head coach at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville for 24 years, also serving as Director of Athletics for 16 of those years. A winner of 10 Coach of the Year awards, he is 465-404 in 28 seasons as a head coach and 383-351 in 24 years at Austin Peay.
