Tim Loomis enters his 19th season as the head men’s basketball coach at Thiel in 2024-25.
Loomis has built one of the most consistently successful programs at Thiel. Loomis’ men’s basketball program is a mainstay in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference postseason tournament since taking over the Tomcats in 2007.
Since 2007, 24 players have been named to All-PAC teams, including eight first-team selections and two conference players of the year in Blair Rozenblad in 2011 and Junior guard Tyreik Burton in 2017. Also in 2011, Loomis was named PAC Coach of the Year and led the Tomcats to finish with a 20-7 record, the most wins in a single season in team history and a PAC regular season conference championship.
Under Loomis, Rozenblad became one of the most decorated player in program history, as he was the first Tomcat to ever garner All-Great Lakes Region recognition three times in a career, and was also honored on All-region teams selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and D3Hoops.com.
Loomis came to Thiel after serving as the head basketball coach at Kennedy Catholic High School (2001-2006), and sports an extensive resume that has included stops at both the NCAA Division I and II levels. He served as the head men’s basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University from 1989-1995. Prior to his appointment at Florida Atlantic, Loomis was an assistant at NCAA Division I Penn State University from 1986-1989 and the head men’s basketball coach at NCAA Division II California University of Pennsylvania from 1980-1986.
Loomis got his start in collegiate basketball as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II California University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and took over as the head coach for the Vulcans in 1980. While at California (Pa.), his team won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship in 1985 and were runners-up in the PSAC Western conference in 1983-1984. After the 1984-1985 season, Loomis was awarded with PSAC Coach of the Year honors. Loomis also served as an associate professor in the field of regional planning and geography and the president of the PSAC basketball coaches association while at California (Pa.). His efforts were recognized in October of 2007 when he was inducted into the California (Pa.) Hall of Fame.
Loomis served as an assistant coach at Penn State University from 1986-89. While at Penn State Loomis was responsible for recruitment, game and practice preparation and academic guidance in regard to the individual student-athlete. In 1989, the Nittany Lions were selected to participate in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) after advancing to the Atlantic-10 championship game.
During his six-year stint as the head coach at Florida Atlantic, Loomis helped advance a second-year NCAA Division II program to a NCAA Division I program in just two seasons. He was responsible for developing the booster club, the academic advising protocol and securing radio and television network coverage while devising a national recruiting strategy.
After returning home to Greenville to serve as the head coach at Kennedy Catholic, Loomis advanced the Golden Eagles to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) state playoffs in each of his five seasons, including appearances in the finals in 2001-2002 and 2004-2005.
A 1976 graduate of Lock Haven University, Loomis went on to earn a master’s degree in regional planning and geography from California University of Pennsylvania in 1979.
Loomis, his wife Dr. Sharon Hamilton, and their son, Jonathan, reside in Greenville.
