Eric Gruber joined the Loras College women's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach prior to the 2019-20 season and will also serve as the assistant coach for the men's and women's golf teams.
Gruber comes to Loras after serving as the graduate assistant coach for the women's basketball team at North Central College the past two season. He was an assistant coach with the men's and women's golf teams during the 2016-17 season. In addition to his role at North Central, Gruber served as the head coach for the Chicago Lockdown, an AAU program, for three seasons.Â
Gruber was a four-year member of the Cardinals' men's golf program from 2012-2016 and competed in three College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Championship tournaments, highlighted by a 17th-place finish as a junior in 2015. He led the team with a career-best stroke average of 78.43 as a senior.
Gruber graduated from North Central in spring 2016 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast communication and a master's degree in leadership studies, with an emphasis in sports leadership in 2019. A native of Lemont, Ill., he currently resides in Dubuque.
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