DeLoof Selected to Head Guilford Men’s Basketball Program
Becomes 15th Head Coach in program’s storied history
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Guilford College Athletics Department is pleased to announce the hiring of Jesse DeLoof as the 15th head coach in the history of the Quakers men’s basketball program, the department announced on Wednesday.
“I’m very pleased to welcome Jesse DeLoof to Guilford Athletics,” Director of Athletics, Bill Foti said. “We had a tremendous amount of interest in this position and an abundance of highly qualified candidates. Coach DeLoof consistently stood out during every step of a very thorough search process. His complete transformation of the Pitt-Bradford program in such a short period of time was simply astounding. I am confident in his ability to identify and recruit extremely talented student-athletes will translate into continued success for men’s basketball in the ODAC.”
“I am incredibly honored to be named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Guilford College,” DeLoof added. “I look forward to building on the program’s proud tradition and helping student-athletes succeed on and off the court and I am thrilled to join the Guilford community and call Greensboro home.”
DeLoof comes to Guilford at the end of a five-year run heading his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Overtaking a team that won just a single game in 2019-20, prior to the pandemic, DeLoof transformed the Panthers program, increasing their win total in each of his four campaigns at the helm, securing a winning record for the first time in a decade in 2024 before their big breakthrough in 2025. The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Regular Season and Tournament Champions for the first time since 2003, Pitt-Bradford set the program-record for wins in a season going 24-4 overall and 14-2 in league play. The Panthers poured in 103.1 points per game in 2025, the third-most in the nation, while they also ranked third in steals with 14.1 per contest, achieving that with a plus-8.0 turnover margin. For his work, DeLoof was the AMCC Coach of the Year, D3Hoops.com Region 7 Coach of the Year, and a finalist for Hoop Dirt’s National Coach of the Year honor. Making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 22 years, the Panthers secured their first victory in program history in the dance, besting The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) before falling to opening weekend host, Hampden-Sydney College. During his time at Pitt-Bradford, DeLoof recruited, coached, and developed the 2025 AMCC Player of the Year, the 2023 AMCC Newcomer of the Year, a pair of 1,000-point scorers, one All-Region player, and six All-AMCC honorees.
Prior to his time as head coach of the Panthers, DeLoof got his first head coaching experience at Youngsville High School in Pennsylvania, seeing a similar trajectory as he would experience in the college ranks, lifting a two-win squad to 20 victories in a span of just two seasons, making the state tournament and winning regional Coach of the Year honors along the way. His first coaching experience was before that, back at Pitt-Bradford having spent a trio of seasons as the men’s basketball team’s assistant coach. DeLoof is a 2013 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford where he was a three-year starting point guard and two-time team captain, earning a degree in Sports Management.
Fresh off their fifth Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) title, DeLoof inherits a Guilford men’s basketball program in a great spot, having won 22-or-more games each of the last three seasons with two NCAA Tournament berths in that span. The Quakers went 22-7 in 2024-25, making the national tournament, but falling in the first round.
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