Hardy stepping down as HC at Loyola Maryland

Loyola Maryland head coach Tavaras Hardy is stepping down after six seasons, the school announced Friday.

The Greyhounds’ season ended on Tuesday with a loss to Navy in the Patriot League tournament, wrapping up a 7-25 (5-13 in the league) campaign.

“Tavaras has been passionate about the well-being and success of not just our men’s basketball student-athletes, but the entire Loyola community since he came to our university,” athletic director Donna Woodruff said. “We are grateful to him for his dedication to our men’s basketball program and everyone connected to it for the last six years. We wish Tavaras and his family all the best moving forward.”

Loyola failed to finish .500 overall or in conference play in any of Hardy’s six seasons at the helm, although it made a run to the Patriot League championship game in 2021 before falling to Colgate. That team featured Santi Aldama, who was picked in the first round of the 2021 NBA draft, and Cam Spencer, now a starter for UConn.

Hardy, who finishes his Loyola career with a 66-110 record, was a highly regarded assistant at Georgia Tech, Georgetown and Northwestern prior to taking over the Greyhounds.