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Otis Loyd (1950 – 2022)[1] was an American basketball coach and professional basketball player.
Career
[edit]A Brooklyn native,[2] Loyd played basketball at the City College of New York.[3] He started his professional career in 1974 in Helsingborg, Sweden, where he played for local club IFK.[4] He spent two years there, then moved to Lugi Basketbollklubb in Lund, Sweden, for one year. Loyd returned to Helsingborg for another year and then went back to the United States to finish his college degree.[5] During the 1979–80 season he played in Sweden again, this time with Malbas BBK in the city of Malmö. In 1980–81, he served as Malbas' player-coach.[6]
Loyd joined BMS Skovlunde of Denmark for the 1981–82 season, where he served as player-coach, while at the same time coaching the women's team.[7] With the men's team, he competed in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1981–82: In the first round, he helped BMS defeat Sandvika BBK of Norway, scoring a total of 55 points in two games. In the next round, BMS took on Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid. In the first game against Madrid, which BMS Skovlunde lost 84:135, Loyd led his team with 21 points and had 17 in the second game (65:132).[8] In 1982, he won the Danish championship with BMS.[9] In the 1982–83 season, he played with BMS in the European Champions’ Cup and was eliminated in the first round by CSKA Moscow.[10] Loyd left BMS Skovlunde in 1984 to join another team in Denmark, Virum Basketball Klub, as a player-coach.[7] He later coached the women's team SISU in the Danish town of Gentofte[2] and guided SISU to the Danish championship title in 1988.
In 1988, Loyd returned to BMS as a player,[7] then had a stint as player-coach at Værløse BBK, Denmark, and in 1989 he moved to Allerød, Denmark, where he took over as coach at ALBA Basket.[11] However, Loyd also continued his duty at Værløse at the same time, participating with the team in the 1989–90 Korać Cup[12] and winning the Danish Cup competition with the team as a player-coach in 1992.[13]
For the 1992–93 season, Loyd went back to Sweden to coach Malbas BBK.[6] In 2000–2001, Loyd was part of the coaching staff of the Magic Great Danes, which had Magic Johnson on their roster,[14] and competed in the North European Basketball League (NEBL).[13] For the 2001–2002 season, Loyd again took over the coaching job at Værløse, but was released in December 2001.[15] From 2002, Loyd worked in Virum as a youth coach. For the Danish Basketball Federation, Loyd served as national coach from 2001.[16] Under coach Charles Barton, he served as assistant coach of the Danish men's national team in the early 2000s.[17] Loyd was also the sporting director of the Danish Basketball Federation.[18]
In the 2003–04 season, Loyd worked as a coach at Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands.[19] In 2005, he went back to Malbas BBK, Sweden, as sporting director and coach of the club's men's team.[6] He later worked for BMS again and was involved in youth development at the Danish club. In 2012, Loyd returned to ALBA Basket in Allerød, Denmark, as a coach. Loyd was named assistant coach for Danish Basketliga side Wolfpack Copenhagen in 2016.[20] His daughter Kalis played college basketball at Lamar University,[21] before embarking on a professional career in Europe. She also became a member of the Swedish national team.[22]
Loyd died in August 2022.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Det är med tungt hjärta vi beklagar Otis Loyds bortgång!". Malbas / Facebook.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- 1 2 "Motycka leads women's rout" (PDF). The BG News. November 13, 1987. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "C.C.N.Y. SURPRISES". The New York Times. December 2, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- 1 2 "Otis Loyd är död – han kom att prägla skånsk basket". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). August 28, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Oldtimers [Episode 2:7]". dk4SPORT / youtube.com. November 13, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Malbas historia". Malbas - Basket (in Swedish). Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Historie og resultater". BMS Herlev (in Danish). Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Cup Winners' Cup 1981-82". Pearl Basket. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Vindere af DM for herrer - Danmarksturnering - Rækker - Turnering - DBBF". www.basket.dk. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Champions Cup 1982-83". Pearl Basket. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "ALBA - Historie". albabasket.dk. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Korać Cup 1989-90". Pearl basket. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- 1 2 "Otis Loyd til Værløse-Farum". www.bt.dk (in Danish). May 21, 2001. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ Olsen, Søren (September 13, 2001). "Basketball: 'Magic' Johnson spiller videre". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ Olsen, Søren (December 20, 2001). "Basketball: Otis gik og Freil kom". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Formandsberetning 2001/2002". Danmarks Basketball Forbund. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ Olsen, Søren (December 22, 2001). "Basketball: Spillerne kritiserer landstrænere". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "REFERAT AF DBBFs ORDINÆRE REPRÆSENTANTSKABSMØDE". DBBF. December 22, 2001.
- ↑ "Clubs". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Otis Loyd is back". Wolfpack Basketball / facebook.com. 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2021.[self-published]
- ↑ "Kalis Loyd - 2012-13 - Women's Basketball". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Nya, fräscha namn i landslagen – NSD". nsd.se (in Swedish). January 25, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball people from New York (state)
- Basketball players from Brooklyn
- CCNY Beavers men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Sweden
- American expatriate basketball people in Denmark
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- 2022 deaths
- 1950 births
- Værløse BBK players
- 20th-century American sportsmen