University of Oklahoma Athletics
Men's Basketball
Moser, Porter
Porter Moser
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- Head Coach
Praised for his ability to create culture and his never-tiring energy, University of Oklahoma head men’s basketball coach Porter Moser is in his fifth season leading the Sooners in 2025-26. Moser was hired on April 3, 2021, becoming the 15th head coach in program history after a stellar 10-year run as head coach at Loyola Chicago that included NCAA Final Four and Sweet 16 appearances.
The 2024-25 season was arguably Moser's most successful at OU, guiding his team to a 20-14 record and a No. 9 NCAA Tournament seed. The Sooners, who won their first 13 games of the campaign and climbed to as high as No. 10 in the Coaches poll and No. 12 in the AP poll, played one of the nation's toughest schedules, with 14 games against AP top-25 opponents and 22 of 34 contests against teams that made the NCAA Tournament. OU went 3-0 to win the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas in November before navigating its first season in the rugged Southeastern Conference, a league that placed a record 14 teams in the NCAA Tournament. The Sooners also set a program record with their .795 free throw percentage, obliterating the previous mark of .767 by the 2001-02 Final Four team.
Point guard Jeremiah Fears was named to the 2024-25 SEC All-Freshman Team and was selected No. 7 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans to become Moser's highest draft pick. Fears was one of just three Power Four conference players (the only one in the SEC and the only freshman) to average at least 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per contest.
In his third season leading the program in 2023-24, Moser guided the Sooners to a 20-12 mark, ranking as high as seventh in the AP Poll. Oklahoma reached 20 regular season wins for the first time since 2015-16 and began the season 10-0, tying the 1991-92 and 2003-04 teams for the seventh-best start in program history. It included victories over Iowa and USC at the Rady Children’s Invitational, as OU won the event title. In addition to team success, Javian McCollum and Jalon Moore earned All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades.
Moser completed his second season in Norman in 2022-23, recording four AP top-25 victories and winning the 2022 ESPN Events Invitational. Tanner Groves became only the second two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-American in program history, receiving third-team honors in 2023 and first-team accolades in 2022. In addition to the Sooners’ success in the classroom, Milos Uzan was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Grant Sherfield and Jalen Hill received honorable mention All-Big 12 acclaim.
In 2021-22, Moser led the Sooners to a 19-16 mark and five victories over teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of competition. Oklahoma was selected as a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, earning an opening-round victory over Missouri State at Lloyd Noble Center.
Umoja Gibson, Jordan Goldwire, Groves and Elijah Harkless earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors and C.J. Noland earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. In addition to the on-court success, Groves was tabbed a Senior CLASS Award Finalist and named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team.
Moser arrived in Norman as one of the most successful coaches of the prior half-decade. He has been entrenched in creating and developing team culture at all his stops.
Before being named OU's head coach, Moser led the Loyola Chicago Ramblers to remarkable success during his 10-year run there, including Final Four and Sweet 16 appearances in 2018 and 2021, respectively.
He amassed 188 wins at Loyola (188-141; .571), including five seasons with 20-plus victories. He led the Ramblers to the postseason every year it was available from 2017-21, also winning the 2017 CBI title and qualifying for the 2019 NIT. The 2020 postseason was canceled due to COVID-19.
In addition to his team success, he coached 12 all-conference selections, two Missouri Valley Player of the Year honorees, two Associated Press Honorable Mention All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, an MVC Defensive Player of the Year, two MVC Sixth Man of the Year honorees and a pair of MVC Freshman of the Year selections.
Moser was one of three coaches in Loyola’s history to record 150-plus wins. He guided the 2017-18 squad to a school record 32 victories and the program's first Final Four since winning the 1963 NCAA championship.
After assembling a 25-5 regular season record in 2017-18 (15-3 in MVC play), Moser guided Loyola to seven straight postseason wins, claiming the 2018 Missouri Valley tournament title and making a historic run to the pinnacle event of college basketball as a No. 11 seed. The Ramblers were just the fourth No. 11 seed to advance to the Final Four, earning wins over Miami, Tennessee, Nevada and Kansas State.
Loyola posted a No. 7 ranking in the final USA Today Coaches Poll, and Moser was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Coach of the Year and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 16 Coach of the Year.
The 2017-18 squad ranked second in the nation in fewest personal fouls per game (13.9), third in field goal percentage (.507) and sixth in scoring defense (62.6 ppg).
During the 2017-18 season, Rambler guard Clayton Custer was named MVC Player of the Year and earned Associated Press (AP) Honorable Mention All-America honors, becoming the first play in Loyola history to receive both in the same season.
Cameron Krutwig earned MVC Freshman of the Year honors and Ben Richardson was named MVC Defensive Player of the Year. In addition to his on-court success, Custer was named CoSIDA Academic All-District. He is in his fourth year working with the Sooners and second as an assistant coach in 2024-25 after two seasons as the director of video operations and player development from 2021-23
Moser boasts six NCAA Tournament wins from 2018-21 – tied for the seventh most nationally in that time frame. Loyola, Gonzaga and Houston were the only teams outside major conferences to reach two Sweet 16s during the three-year run.
In his final season at Loyola, Moser led the Ramblers to a 26-5 record and Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles in the 2020-21 season. As an eighth seed in the NCAA Tournament, his squad upset No. 1-seed Illinois in the second round to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time since 2018.
The 2020-21 Rambler squad ranked second in adjusted defensive efficiency (KenPom.com), allowing only 87.0 points per 100 possessions. Loyola’s 16-2 record in MVC play set a program record for most wins in conference action.
After 19 wins during the 2014-15 season, the Ramblers earned a bid to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), advancing to Loyola’s first postseason appearance since the 1985 season. Loyola made the most of its chance at postseason play, winning the CBI Championship over Louisiana-Monroe with back-to-back victories in the best-of-three championship series.
After rebuilding during the 2013-14 season, Moser led the Ramblers to a 24-13 mark next season. The 24 victories were the most by a Moser led team and the most for Loyola since 1985.
In the early stages of building Loyola to a mid-major powerhouse, Moser led the Ramblers to an eight-game improvement in the win column from his first season at the helm to his second in 2012-13. The improvement was the most by a coach from his first year to his second in program history.
Owner of a 359-287 (.556) career record, Moser was hired for his first head coaching job in 2000 at Arkansas-Little Rock. In three seasons with the Trojans, Moser took over a program that went 4-24 during the season before his hiring and went 18-11 just one year later.
The Trojans ranked last in the conference in several defensive categories before his tenure. Moser turned the program around in one season, finishing with the Sun Belt’s best field goal percentage defense and second-best scoring defense.
He steered the Trojans to a 54-34 overall record before heading to Illinois State in 2003.
After his 2003-04 squad notched a 10-19 record, Moser improved to 17-13 in 2004-05 despite being picked to finish last in the league in the preseason poll.
Following four years at Illinois State, Moser worked under legendary coach Rick Majerus at Saint Louis as an assistant coach from 2007 through 2011. He returned to a head coaching role by being named Loyola’s head coach before the 2011-12 season.
A Chicago area native, Moser grew up in Naperville, Ill. He was a two-year starter at Creighton and helped lead the Jays to the 1989 Missouri Valley Conference title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. He graduated in 1990 with a degree in business management.
Immediately following his collegiate playing career, Moser began his path in coaching at his alma mater as a graduate assistant. He left Creighton for an assistant coach role at Texas A&M for four seasons followed by a year at Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Moser returned to Texas A&M for two more seasons (1996-98) on the Aggies’ bench, then served as an assistant coach at Little Rock for two years before his promotion to head coach.
Moser and his wife, Megan, have four children – Jordan, a former OU’s women’s basketball player, Jake, a former OU men’s basketball player, and Max and Ben.
The 2024-25 season was arguably Moser's most successful at OU, guiding his team to a 20-14 record and a No. 9 NCAA Tournament seed. The Sooners, who won their first 13 games of the campaign and climbed to as high as No. 10 in the Coaches poll and No. 12 in the AP poll, played one of the nation's toughest schedules, with 14 games against AP top-25 opponents and 22 of 34 contests against teams that made the NCAA Tournament. OU went 3-0 to win the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas in November before navigating its first season in the rugged Southeastern Conference, a league that placed a record 14 teams in the NCAA Tournament. The Sooners also set a program record with their .795 free throw percentage, obliterating the previous mark of .767 by the 2001-02 Final Four team.
Point guard Jeremiah Fears was named to the 2024-25 SEC All-Freshman Team and was selected No. 7 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans to become Moser's highest draft pick. Fears was one of just three Power Four conference players (the only one in the SEC and the only freshman) to average at least 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per contest.
In his third season leading the program in 2023-24, Moser guided the Sooners to a 20-12 mark, ranking as high as seventh in the AP Poll. Oklahoma reached 20 regular season wins for the first time since 2015-16 and began the season 10-0, tying the 1991-92 and 2003-04 teams for the seventh-best start in program history. It included victories over Iowa and USC at the Rady Children’s Invitational, as OU won the event title. In addition to team success, Javian McCollum and Jalon Moore earned All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades.
Moser completed his second season in Norman in 2022-23, recording four AP top-25 victories and winning the 2022 ESPN Events Invitational. Tanner Groves became only the second two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-American in program history, receiving third-team honors in 2023 and first-team accolades in 2022. In addition to the Sooners’ success in the classroom, Milos Uzan was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Grant Sherfield and Jalen Hill received honorable mention All-Big 12 acclaim.
In 2021-22, Moser led the Sooners to a 19-16 mark and five victories over teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of competition. Oklahoma was selected as a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, earning an opening-round victory over Missouri State at Lloyd Noble Center.
Umoja Gibson, Jordan Goldwire, Groves and Elijah Harkless earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors and C.J. Noland earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. In addition to the on-court success, Groves was tabbed a Senior CLASS Award Finalist and named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team.
Moser arrived in Norman as one of the most successful coaches of the prior half-decade. He has been entrenched in creating and developing team culture at all his stops.
Before being named OU's head coach, Moser led the Loyola Chicago Ramblers to remarkable success during his 10-year run there, including Final Four and Sweet 16 appearances in 2018 and 2021, respectively.
He amassed 188 wins at Loyola (188-141; .571), including five seasons with 20-plus victories. He led the Ramblers to the postseason every year it was available from 2017-21, also winning the 2017 CBI title and qualifying for the 2019 NIT. The 2020 postseason was canceled due to COVID-19.
In addition to his team success, he coached 12 all-conference selections, two Missouri Valley Player of the Year honorees, two Associated Press Honorable Mention All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, an MVC Defensive Player of the Year, two MVC Sixth Man of the Year honorees and a pair of MVC Freshman of the Year selections.
Moser was one of three coaches in Loyola’s history to record 150-plus wins. He guided the 2017-18 squad to a school record 32 victories and the program's first Final Four since winning the 1963 NCAA championship.
After assembling a 25-5 regular season record in 2017-18 (15-3 in MVC play), Moser guided Loyola to seven straight postseason wins, claiming the 2018 Missouri Valley tournament title and making a historic run to the pinnacle event of college basketball as a No. 11 seed. The Ramblers were just the fourth No. 11 seed to advance to the Final Four, earning wins over Miami, Tennessee, Nevada and Kansas State.
Loyola posted a No. 7 ranking in the final USA Today Coaches Poll, and Moser was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Coach of the Year and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 16 Coach of the Year.
The 2017-18 squad ranked second in the nation in fewest personal fouls per game (13.9), third in field goal percentage (.507) and sixth in scoring defense (62.6 ppg).
During the 2017-18 season, Rambler guard Clayton Custer was named MVC Player of the Year and earned Associated Press (AP) Honorable Mention All-America honors, becoming the first play in Loyola history to receive both in the same season.
Cameron Krutwig earned MVC Freshman of the Year honors and Ben Richardson was named MVC Defensive Player of the Year. In addition to his on-court success, Custer was named CoSIDA Academic All-District. He is in his fourth year working with the Sooners and second as an assistant coach in 2024-25 after two seasons as the director of video operations and player development from 2021-23
Moser boasts six NCAA Tournament wins from 2018-21 – tied for the seventh most nationally in that time frame. Loyola, Gonzaga and Houston were the only teams outside major conferences to reach two Sweet 16s during the three-year run.
In his final season at Loyola, Moser led the Ramblers to a 26-5 record and Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles in the 2020-21 season. As an eighth seed in the NCAA Tournament, his squad upset No. 1-seed Illinois in the second round to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time since 2018.
The 2020-21 Rambler squad ranked second in adjusted defensive efficiency (KenPom.com), allowing only 87.0 points per 100 possessions. Loyola’s 16-2 record in MVC play set a program record for most wins in conference action.
After 19 wins during the 2014-15 season, the Ramblers earned a bid to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), advancing to Loyola’s first postseason appearance since the 1985 season. Loyola made the most of its chance at postseason play, winning the CBI Championship over Louisiana-Monroe with back-to-back victories in the best-of-three championship series.
After rebuilding during the 2013-14 season, Moser led the Ramblers to a 24-13 mark next season. The 24 victories were the most by a Moser led team and the most for Loyola since 1985.
In the early stages of building Loyola to a mid-major powerhouse, Moser led the Ramblers to an eight-game improvement in the win column from his first season at the helm to his second in 2012-13. The improvement was the most by a coach from his first year to his second in program history.
Owner of a 359-287 (.556) career record, Moser was hired for his first head coaching job in 2000 at Arkansas-Little Rock. In three seasons with the Trojans, Moser took over a program that went 4-24 during the season before his hiring and went 18-11 just one year later.
The Trojans ranked last in the conference in several defensive categories before his tenure. Moser turned the program around in one season, finishing with the Sun Belt’s best field goal percentage defense and second-best scoring defense.
He steered the Trojans to a 54-34 overall record before heading to Illinois State in 2003.
After his 2003-04 squad notched a 10-19 record, Moser improved to 17-13 in 2004-05 despite being picked to finish last in the league in the preseason poll.
Following four years at Illinois State, Moser worked under legendary coach Rick Majerus at Saint Louis as an assistant coach from 2007 through 2011. He returned to a head coaching role by being named Loyola’s head coach before the 2011-12 season.
A Chicago area native, Moser grew up in Naperville, Ill. He was a two-year starter at Creighton and helped lead the Jays to the 1989 Missouri Valley Conference title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. He graduated in 1990 with a degree in business management.
Immediately following his collegiate playing career, Moser began his path in coaching at his alma mater as a graduate assistant. He left Creighton for an assistant coach role at Texas A&M for four seasons followed by a year at Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Moser returned to Texas A&M for two more seasons (1996-98) on the Aggies’ bench, then served as an assistant coach at Little Rock for two years before his promotion to head coach.
Moser and his wife, Megan, have four children – Jordan, a former OU’s women’s basketball player, Jake, a former OU men’s basketball player, and Max and Ben.
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