Kevin Loughery
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Kevin Michael Loughery (born March 28, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former pro basketball player and coach.
Loughery spent 11 seasons in the NBA (1962-1973), almost nine of them with the Baltimore Bullets. He became player-coach of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1973, when the team had a 4-47 record, replacing Roy Rubin. The team slightly improved under Loughery, posting a 5-26 record for the remainder of the season. Following the season, Loughery was replaced by Gene Shue. In 1976, he became head coach of the New Jersey Nets and guided them for five seasons. He later coached several other teams as well, namely Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Washington Bullets and Miami Heat. He compiled a 474-662 record during his NBA coaching career.
In 2006, he was part of a team of investors who bought an expansion franchise (the Chicago Shamrox) of the National Lacrosse League, based in Chicago, Illinois. The team will begin playing in 2007, in the new 11,000-seat Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, a suburb of Chicago.
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