WATCH: New Oklahoma basketball coach Porter Moser's introductory press conference

The Sooners' new coach, fresh off Tuesday's flight from Chicago, is introduced by athletic director Joe Castiglione and takes questions from the local media

John E. Hoover | Apr 7, 2021

WATCH: New Oklahoma basketball coach Porter Moser's introductory press conference /

Porter Moser - Sooners — Ty Russell / OU Athletics

Oklahoma introduced its new men's basketball coach on Wednesday, and Sooner Nation seems all-in on Porter Moser.

The architect of Loyola Chicago's 2018 run to the Final Four and the man who made Sister Jean famous with his boundless energy and unrelenting positivity and suffocating defense said he welcomes the challenge of coaching in the Big 12, he embraces OU's football brand and he can't wait to get started "enhancing" the Sooner culture.

Watch Moser's opening statement and media Q&A here.

Published Apr 7, 2021

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.