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Introduction
Arthur Kenneth Loche was an American Basketball player and coach most notably as head coach of the Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team from 1965-1972. He also played on the 1960 NYU men's basketball team, which appeared in the Final Four that year. During the summers, he would coach the Vaqueros de Bayamón, a Puerto Rican BSN league team. He lead them to two championships in 1969 and 1971. His coaching career abruptly ended in mid 1970's after being diagnosed with cancer.

Early Life
Arthur Loche was born on January 31st 1936 to a large Puerto Rican. He would join the US Navy soon after graduating high school. He gained the rank of Seaman He would then join the NYU basketball team and find great success there. Under the coaching of Lou Rossini, he and his teammates made it to the Final Four in 1960; winning the Eastern Bracket. They lost to Ohio State 76-54. Their regular season record was 22-5.

Coaching Career
After finishing his playing career in 1961, NYU head coach Lou Rossini asked the young Art Loche to be his assistant coach. He stayed at the school until being offered the head coaching job at the University of Vermont in 1965. In his first season 1965-1966 he posted a record of 12-8. Over the next six seasons his team was only over .500 another two times, 1967-68 and 1968-69 seasons. During the summers he would coach Vaqueros de Bayamón in the BSN league. He would win two BSN championships. Back in Vermont, he left the program in 1972 with a record of .418 with 69 wins and 96 loses. He then got a job in Florida as the coach of a division two school Florida Tech. His coaching record was 38-56 0.404 over five seasons with his best season being his last; his posted a winning percentage of .704 with 19 wins 8 losses.

Personal Life
He had two sons, Arthur Jr and Anthony with his college sweetheart, Rita. They met at NYU in the early 1960's. A family story recalls Rita going to class with him and helping him pass his exams. Another story recalls how their oldest son used to entertain the crowds at halftime when Art Sr. was coaching at the University of Vermont. Art and Rita divorced after Art was diagnosed with cancer. He held other jobs while he battled the disease for almost 20 years. He died on Fathers Day 1991, but long enough to see his son become a father a year earlier.