PLNU Athletics

 

Coach Looney

Year	School	Overall	Pct	Conf	Pct	Place	Postseason
2004-05	Eastern Oregon	6-20	.231	3-15	.167	9
2005-06	Eastern Oregon	17-11	.607	10-8	.556	5
2006-07	Eastern Oregon	23-8	.742	12-6	.667	5
2007-08	Eastern Oregon	26-6	.812	16-2	.888	1	NAIA Round of 16
2008-09	Eastern Oregon	25-8	.758	15-5	.750	T1	NAIA Quarterfinals
2009-10	Seattle Pacific	22-6	.786	13-3	.813	1	NCAA 1st Round
2010-11	Seattle Pacific	20-10	.667	12-6	.667	3	NCAA 2nd Round
2011-12	Seattle Pacific	23-8	.742	13-5	.722	3	NCAA Reg. Final
2012-13	Seattle Pacific	27-4	.871	16-2	.888	2	NCAA Reg. Final
2013-14	Seattle Pacific	26-6	.812	15-3	.833	1	NCAA 1st Round
2014-15	Seattle Pacific	24-8	.750	13-5	.722	2	NCAA 2nd Round
2015-16	Seattle Pacific	22-9	.710	14-6	.700	3	NCAA 1st Round
2016-17	Point Loma	17-13	.567	11-9	.550	6
2017-18	Point Loma	21-10	.667	15-5	.750	4	NCAA 1st Round

Ryan Looney is in his third season as the head coach of the Point Loma Sea Lions. During his two previous seasons, Looney has guided the Sea Lions to a 38-23 record and to its first NCAA West Regional appearance.
 
In his first season he led the team to a 17-13 record and a sixth place conference finish for the regular season. The team earned a quality win in the regular season finally, shown on Fox Sports television, over nationally ranked California Baptist (No. 5), to close out van Dyne Gym. Looney helped the Sea Lions carry that momentum into the PacWest Tournament where they made a run to the championship game. PLNU knocked off the No. 2 and No. 3 seeded teams in the tournament on last-second shots, before falling to Hawaii Pacific in the championship game.
 
Last season, Looney guided PLNU to a 21-10 record and a 15-5 mark in the PacWest. The Sea Lions finished fourth in the conference standings, marking their best-ever PacWest finish, to earn the No. 8 seed as an at-large bid into the NCAA West Regional. He also helped guide Point Loma to the nation's best rebounding margin as PLNU led all of NCAA Division II at plus-11.9. Four Sea Lions earned All-PacWest honors during the 2017-18 campaign and Josh Rodriguez became the PacWest leader in career assists.   
 
Looney joined the Green & Gold after spending the past seven seasons as the head coach at Seattle Pacific. During his tenure, the Falcons won at least 20 games each season and have NCAA West Regional appearances in all seven years. He was a two-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and his team won the league title in both 2010 and 2014. He also guided the Falcons to three straight GNAC Tournament Championships (2013-15) and had a 164-51 overall record (.763 winning%) with SPU for the best winning percentage in school history.
 
Looney has also had great success in student-athlete development both on and off the court. The Falcons excelled in the classroom during Looney's tenure where they received three consecutive Team Academic Excellence Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) with the latest in July 2015.  SPU compiled an impressive 3.41 combined GPA and, for the fifth consecutive season, earned the GNAC trophy for posting the top GPA among the league's men's basketball teams. That figure was the highest in the conference for a men's team in any sport. Looney also coached David Downs and Chris Banchero to GNAC Player of the Year honors, in addition to leading his team to wins over a NCAA Division I opponents Arizona, Nevada and Eastern Washington.
 
Prior to joining SPU, Looney coached at his alma mater of Eastern Oregon University. As a coach, he led the Mountaineers to back-to-back NAIA Tournament appearances and their first conference title in 38 years.
 
Looney graduated from EOU in 1998 and earned his Master's degree in Sports Administration from Wisconsin-LaCrosse in 2001. He is married to Julianna, and the couple has two children, daughter Peyton and son Micah.