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UPDATED: Reports out of Chicago say Porter Moser will be named head coach at Oklahoma

As head coach of the Ramblers for the last 10 seasons, his teams were 188-140

John E. Hoover

UPDATED: Reports out of Chicago say Porter Moser will be named head coach at Oklahoma
UPDATED: Reports out of Chicago say Porter Moser will be named head coach at Oklahoma /

Multiple reports out of Chicago indicate Loyola Chicago head coach Porter Moser has accepted the Oklahoma job.

Chicago reporter Joe Henricksen went on to say that Moser liked the thought of heading to an Oklahoma program with a rich basketball history, as well as playing in one of the best conferences in the country and working under one of the most respected athletic directors in the nation, Joe Castiglione. 

The Chicago Sun Times also reported that Moser has accepted the OU job.

Reports began to leak out earlier today that Castiglione had honed in on Moser to lead the Sooners.

There could still be some work to do to finalize the deal and announce the Ramblers coach in OU's crimson and cream.

According to a tweet Friday from New York Times freelance journalist Adam Zagoria, Moser is "weighing a 6-year offer" to replace Lon Kruger as head coach at OU.

Citing unnamed sources, Zagoria on Thursday identified Moser as a "leading candidate" to take over at Oklahoma.

Zagoria also labeled North Texas coach Grant McCasland "in the mix" to move to Oklahoma. McCasland finalized a new contract extension with the Mean Green just this week.

Even NBA insider Shams Charania tweeted that Moser's hire at OU looks imminent.

Moser, 52, has a 293-241 record as a head coach, including a 6-1 record in the NCAA Tournament with the Ramblers. 

Moser's star began to rise when he guided Loyola to the 2018 Final Four. This season, the Ramblers made the Sweet Sixteen.

Moser also was head coach for three seasons at Arkansas-Little Rock and four at Illinois State before taking the reins in Chicago in 2011-12.

Moser's record at Loyola is 188-140 in 10 seasons.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.