HEAD COACH GREG GORTON

Greg Gorton is beginning his sixth year at Loras College. Over the last four years Loras owns both the best overall and conference record among Iowa Conference schools. This includes the conference championship in 2006-2007 and the IIAC Tournament Championship in the 2007-2008 season. The team has represented the Iowa Conference in the NCAA III Tournament the last two seasons.
Last year, his first as the head coach, the team had a 22-7 overall record, won an NCAA III tournament game, was ranked in the top 10 in the nation, and maintained a 3.49 team G.P.A. The team also spent its first season in the brand new Athletics & Wellness Center which is considered one of the top basketball arenas and weight training facilities in the Midwest. In addition to his basketball duties, Greg was the athletic division’s academic liaison, serving over 550 campus student-athletes.  Coach Gorton adds, "As a student-athlete, if you are interested in competing on a national scale in basketball, utilizing the best facilities, and can balance that with a desire to achieve great things in the classroom...there is not a better school like ours in the country."
Gorton came to the Loras College Fieldhouse from the University of St. Thomas (Minn.), where he played for and coached with Steve Fritz.  The Tommies are a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference power, and during Gorton’s eight years as a member of the coaching staff, St. Thomas posted a 155-58 overall record and a 121-39 league mark, with four MIAC titles.
The Staples, Minn. native graduated from St. Thomas in 1991 with a degree in mathematics.  Greg and his wife, Kris, have three daughters, Kate (8), Isabelle (4), and Emily (1).