Brad Loos
Associate Head Coach

Brad Loos begins his ninth season as an assistant coach for the Mules and second as the Associate Head Coach. He came to Central Missouri as a graduate assistant from Austin Peay State in Clarksville, Tennessee in 2002, before earning a full-time position two years later.

Loos has been instrumental in the success of the Mules as a part of two Final Fours, three MIAA regular season titles, three MIAA tournament crowns, and five NCAA Tournament appearances. He has recruited numerous All-Conference and All-Region performers, as well as three All-Americans for the program.

In 2001, he served as a student assistant coach at Austin Peay after spending four years as a player for the Governors. Brad’s father, Dave Loos, is the head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Austin Peay, an NCAA Division I member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Loos was named to the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll four times as a player, and was the top basketball scholar athlete for three years.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Austin Peay in May 2002 with a 3.8 grade-point average in Health and Human Performance.

He received a master’s degree from UCM in sports administration in August 2004.

He was married in the summer of 2006 to Jennifer, who was formerly a graduate assistant soccer coach at UCM. The couple have a two year old son, Brady, and a daughter, born last March, Rhyan.

Brian Lohrey
Assistant Coach

Brian Lohrey enters his second season with the Central Missouri coaching staff. He came to UCM from Dallas Baptist University, where he served as an assistant from 2007-09.

In his first season with UCM, he helped the Mules to a 27-4 record, MIAA title, and a ‘Sweet 16’ appearance.

While at DBU he had a hand in nearly every aspect of the program, including recruiting. He helped sign two conference Freshman of the Year winners in his first two seasons, and helped the Patriots to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history in 2009. They advanced to the South Central Regional semifinals in Warrensburg. During that season his squad ranked No. 3 in the nation with a three-point field goal percentage of 42.9%. The squad had four All-Heartland Conference selections as well. He was also an adjunct professor at DBU, teaching kinesiology and foundations courses.

Prior to his coaching career at DBU, he also played one season for the Patriots during graduate school. He was recognized with the Patriot award as a recognized leader of men’s athletics, as well as an NCCAA Academic All-American.

Before his time there, he attended Colorado State University, playing for the Mountain West Conference Champion and NCAA Tournament basketball team in 2003, and earning the Leadership Award as a three-year walk-on. He was also the vice president of Athletes in Action for the CSU campus.

He has helped coach at several summer camps, including Marquette University and the University of Texas. Lohrey has also done internships with Athletes in Action training camps, and with the Crossover Ministry, coaching camps in Germany and the Czech Republic.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in Applied Human Science from Colorado State in 2005, and his masters in Arts and Christian Education from Dallas Baptist in 2007.

Brian and his wife Lyndsey have been married for three years, and they have a one-year old son, Malachi.