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Brian Loyd is in his third year with the Oregon State University men's basketball program, and is in his 12th season as a coach overall.
The 36-year old Loyd came to OSU after serving as the director of basketball operations at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. While with the Minutemen he coordinated team travel, prepared budgets, and oversaw the administrative operations of the office.
Prior to his move to UMass, Loyd spent two seasons at Portland State University of the Big Sky Conference, four seasons at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (1996-99) and two years at Queens College (1994-95) in North Carolina.
Loyd played collegiate basketball at the University of Tulsa, where he was a four-year letterman (1987-90). He was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference's all-academic first team as a senior. Loyd was also named the Golden Hurricane's top defensive player his senior year, and left the program as one of its top three-point field goal shooters.
The Indianapolis native received his Bachelor's degree from Tulsa in 1991 as a double-major in sociology/communication with a concentration in broadcasting. He spent two years at Tulsa upon graduation as an admissions counselor.
Loyd is single and resides in Corvallis.
