Loyola University New Orleans

When Wolf Pack athletics was discontinued in 1972, the Wolf Pack men’s basketball team had the department’s only national championship, which came in 1945. After the resumption of athletics in 1991, Loyola men’s basketball program continued to build an upward trajectory that culminated in the University’s second national title in 2022 under head coach Stacy Hollowell. The program also celebrated 1,000 all-time wins in 2024, dating back to the pre-1972 era. 🏀

The Wolf Pack earned three consecutive Souther States Athletic Conference tournaments titles from 2022 to 2025 adding to their previous SSAC tourney title in 2019. Loyola also earned regular-season titles in 2022 and 2023.

*After a 20-year hiatus, athletics returned to Loyola University New Orleans in 1991. Wolf Pack athletics celebrates 35 years since the return of intercollegiate athletics by recognizing the excellence and achievements of its 22 sports programs.*

The Loyola University New Orleans women’s basketball team stands as the most decorated program of the Wolf Pack Athletics modern era. In 30 seasons, the Wolf Pack has recorded nineteen 20-win campaigns and 16 national tournament appearances, establishing itself as one of the NAIA’s most consistent and respected programs. 🏀

That tradition of excellence began under inaugural head coach DoBee Plaisance and has continued under current head coach Kellie Kennedy. Together, the program’s only two head coaches have combined for 17 conference regular-season and tournament championships and 564 victories, averaging more than 18 wins per season across three decades of competition.

*After a 20-year hiatus, athletics returned to Loyola University New Orleans in 1991. Wolf Pack athletics celebrates 35 years since the return of intercollegiate athletics by recognizing the excellence and achievements of its 22 sports programs.*

The longest-running women’s sports team for the new era at Loyola is our volleyball team. The Wolf Pack has become a consistent contender for conference titles with sixteen 20-win seasons in its 31 years of existence. Recently, Loyola has made two trips to the national tournament in the last three years, and the program has won both regular-season and tournament titles in the last five seasons. 🏐

*This is part of a series to celebrate the last 35 years of Wolf Pack Athletics, recognizing the excellence and achievements of its 22 sports programs after a 20-year hiatus. Athletics returned to Loyola University New Orleans in 1991 and we want to honor some of the highlights across more than three decades.*

After a 20-year hiatus, athletics returned to Loyola University New Orleans in 1991. Wolf Pack athletics celebrates 35 years since the return of intercollegiate athletics by recognizing the excellence and achievements of its 22 sports programs…starting with baseball. ⚾️

The new era of Wolf Pack athletics began with a student-driven push, which led to the Wolf Pack fielding a baseball team in 1991. Since then, the Loyola baseball program has won three conference tournaments, one regular-season title, and made a World Series appearance. This was only the beginning of excellence for the Loyola New Orleans Athletics Department, which has since grown to include more than 300 student-athletes.

Loyola University New Orleans mourns the passing of Reverend James C. Carter, S.J., Ph.D., the longest-tenured president in the university’s history, serving graciously for 21 years.

Father Jim Carter, S.J. spent 75 years as a member of the Loyola community, first as a student, then as a physics professor, before joining the university's administrative staff. He served as president from 1974 to 1995, and rejoined the Wolf Pack as pastoral minister and part-time science, religion and physics teacher in 2004. His course, “Faith, Science and Religion,” became one of the university’s most popular classes, as Father Carter, well into his 90s, continued to inspire students with his wisdom, humor, and curiosity.

Known for his teaching and commitment to making education accessible to all, Father Carter transformed Loyola from a commuter school into the iconic campus footprint the Loyola community enjoys today. He is fondly remembered by students and staff for his wisdom, humility, sincerity, civic service, and sense of humor.

Reflecting on his presidency years later, Father Carter said, “The thing that meant the most to me was the effort to maintain our Jesuit and Catholic identity.”

Father Jim Carter, S.J., embodied the very spirit of Loyola, and his legacy will continue to shape the university for generations to come.

Thank you, Father Carter, for your devotion to the Wolf Pack and to a life of service and faith.

Read more at: https://www.loyno.edu/news/may-22-2026_loyola-university-new-orleans-mourns-passing-president-emeritus-reverend-james-c

To the future lawyers, judges, protectors of justice and whatever you choose to become in your bright future, we celebrate all of your hard work and dedication to the Wolf Pack community!

You set the bar, now geaux pass that bar!

Congrats to Class of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣! You did it! 🎓🐺⚖️