Education
Loyer graduated from Northmor High School in Galion, Ohio in 1983. He played college basketball at the University of Akron from 1983 to 1987 and graduated from Akron in 1988 with a degree in social studies.
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Loyer graduated from Northmor High School in Galion, Ohio in 1983. He played college basketball at the University of Akron from 1983 to 1987 and graduated from Akron in 1988 with a degree in social studies.
Loyer was the leading scorer for Northmor as a senior. In 1987, he began his career as assistant coach at Akron under Bob Huggins. In 1989, Loyer followed Huggins to the University of Cincinnati and served as assistant coach until 1999.
Loyer got his first head coaching job at Wabash Valley College in 1999 and coached for one season there.
In 2000, Loyer became video coordinator for the National Basketball Association"s Portland Trail Blazers. From 2001 to 2003, Loyer was an advance scout for the Blazers, then was an assistant coach from 2003 to 2005 under Maurice Cheeks.
Loyer then followed Cheeks to the Philadelphia 76ers and was an assistant coach from 2005 to 2009. After Cheeks was fired during the 2008-2009 season, Loyer stayed on the staff of interim head coach Tony DiLeo.
In 2009, Loyer joined the staff of New Jersey Nets head coach Lawrence Frank and remained assistant coach to the team until 2011.
Loyer served under Avery Johnson in the 2010-2011 season. Loyer became an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons 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 Maurice Cheeks, Loyer was named interim head coach.
Loyer was retained as a Pistons assistant for the 2014-2015 season.