John Foster Loyer (born December 29, 1964) is an American basketball coach. Loyer graduated from Northmor High School in

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in 1983. Loyer was the leading scorer for Northmor as a senior. He played college basketball at the

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from 1983 to 1987 and graduated from Akron in 1988 with a degree in social studies. In 1987, he began his career as assistant coach at Akron under

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. In 1989, Loyer followed Huggins to the

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and served as assistant coach until 1999. Loyer got his first head coaching job at Wabash Valley College in 1999 and coached there for one season. In 2000, Loyer became video coordinator for the NBA's

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. From 2001 to 2003, Loyer was an advance scout for the Blazers, then was an assistant coach from 2003 to 2005 under

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. Loyer then followed Cheeks to the

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and was an assistant coach from 2005 to 2009. After Cheeks was fired during the season, Loyer stayed on the staff of interim head coach

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. In 2009, Loyer joined the staff of

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head coach Lawrence Frank and remained assistant coach to the team until 2011. Loyer served under

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in the season. Loyer became an assistant coach for the

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in 2011 and again served on the staff of Lawrence Frank. He became reunited with Maurice Cheeks after Cheeks became head coach in 2013. On February 9, 2014, after the Pistons fired head coach

, Loyer was named interim head coach. Loyer later became a scout for the

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. He is the father of 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan winner Foster Loyer and 2022 Indiana Mr. Basketball runner-up Fletcher Loyer. His daughter, Jersey, is a Division I volleyball player at

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References

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