calling regular season and late playoff games. Loughery went to the Washington Bullets the next season as an assistant to Gene Shue. When Shue was fired with 13 games left in the 1985–86 season, Loughery guided the team to the playoffs and once again the next season. He was dismissed and replaced by Wes Unseld on January 3, 1988 as a result of the Bullets' 8–19 start. After working in broadcasting once again, doing part time work for TBS and TNT, Loughery was hired by the Miami Heat as their second coach three years after they joined the league as an expansion team. Loughery guided the Heat to their first ever playoff appearance and again in 1993–94. After his stint with the Heat, Loughery went back into broadcasting, first working with CNN/SI until 2002 when they folded. Loughery, who at times contributed as a guest for ESPN Radio, then joined ESPN Radio's broadcast of the 2002 NBA Finals as a guest, later being hired full-time by ESPN for their radio broadcasts of the NBA starting with the 2002-03 season. Coaching record NBA |- | align="left" |PHI | align="left" | |31||5||26||.161|| align="center" |4th in Atlantic||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed Playoffs |- | align="left" |NYN | align="left" | |82||22||60||.268|| align="center" |5th in Atlantic||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed Playoffs |- | align="left" |NJN | align="left" | |82||24||58||.293|| align="center" |5th in Atlantic||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed Playoffs |- | align="left" |NJN | align="left" | |82||37||45||.451|| align="center" |3rd in Atlantic||2||0||2||.000 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |NJN | align="left" | |82||34||48||.415|| align="center" |5th in Atlantic||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed Playoffs |- | align="left" |NJN | align="left" | |35||12||23||.343|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- | align="left" |ATL | align="left" | |82||42||40||.512|| align="center" |2nd in Central||2||0||2||.000 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |ATL | align="left" | |82||43||39||.524|| align="center" |2nd in Central||3||1||2||.333 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |CHI | align="left" | |82||27||55||.329|| align="center" |5th in Central||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed Playoffs |- | align="left" |CHI | align="left" | |82||38||44||.463|| align="center" |3rd in Central||4||1||3||.250 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |WSH | align="left" | |13||7||6||.538|| align="center" |3rd in Atlantic||5||2||3||.400 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |WSH | align="left" | |82||42||40||.512|| align="center" |3rd in Atlantic||3||0||3||.000 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |WSH | align="left" | |27||8||19||.296|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- | align="left" |MIA