Arthur Kenneth Loche (January 31, 1936 – June 18, 1992) was an American former college basketball coach and was the head men's basketball coach at Vermont from 1965 to 1972.
Playing career Loche grew up on New York City's West Side and attended the High School of Commerce. He served two years in the United States Navy before entering New York University.
Loche played three seasons (1958–1961) for the NYU Violets men's basketball team, he averaged 4.8 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. He was a reserve guard on the Violets' 1959–60 Final Four squad and teammate of Naismith Hall of Fame member Satch Sanders. Loche was team captain his senior season. He was that season's winner of the James Lancaster Memorial Trophy, which was given to NYU's best defensive player.
Coaching career In April 1961, Loche was named NYU's assistant varsity and head freshmen basketball coach. He succeeded Jack Rohan, who became the head coach at Columbia. Loche remained at NYU until 1965, when he accepted the head men's basketball position at Vermont. Over a seven-year period, Loche guided the Catamounts to a 69–96 record before stepping down to take the head men's basketball coach and athletic director position at Florida Institute of Technology. He coached the Panthers to their first ever winning season in 1975–76. He resigned in 1976 to enter private business in South Florida.
During the college basketball off season, Loche coached Vaqueros de Bayamón in Puerto Rico, leading the squad to Baloncesto Superior Nacional titles in 1969 and 1971.
Later life Hodgkin lymphoma forced Loche to retire. He lived with a brother in Freeport, New York for a year before settling in Manhattan. He died at Roosevelt Hospital on June 18, 1992. He was interred in Calverton National Cemetery.
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