Austin Claunch

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Austin Claunch
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team UTSA
Conference The American
Record12–19 (.387)
Biographical details
Born (1989-11-17) November 17, 1989 (age 35)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing career
2008–2012 Emory
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2015 Clemson (graduate assistant)
2016–2018 Nicholls State (assistant)
2018–2023Nicholls
2023–2024 Alabama (assistant)
2024–present UTSA
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2012–2013 George Mason (director of player development)
Head coaching record
Overall102–80 (.560)
Tournaments0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Southland regular season (2021, 2022)
Awards
Southland Coach of the Year (2021)

Austin Claunch (born November 17, 1989) is an American college basketball coach. He has served as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) since 2024. [1]

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Playing career

Claunch played four years at Emory, where he was a three-time First Team All-University Athletic Association selection, finishing his career with the Eagles as the school's all-time assists leader, and ranking eighth all-time in career points. [2]

Coaching career

After graduation, Claunch spent the 2012–13 season as the director of player development under Paul Hewitt at George Mason, and from 2013 to 2015 served as a graduate manager at Clemson before being named the assistant video services director for the Tigers for the 2015–16 season. [3]

Claunch earned his first collegiate assistant coaching position at Nicholls State, joining Richie Riley's staff. [4] [5] After two seasons as an assistant, he was elevated to the head coaching position at Nicholls when Riley accepted the head coaching position at South Alabama. [6]

Claunch was named the head coach of UTSA on March 17, 2024. [1]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Nicholls Colonels (Southland Conference)(2018–2023)
2018–19 Nicholls 14–177–11T–9th
2019–20 Nicholls 21–1015–5T–2nd
2020–21 Nicholls 18–714–21st
2021–22 Nicholls 21–1211–31st NIT First Round
2022–23 Nicholls 16–1511–74th
Nicholls:90–61 (.596)58–28 (.674)
UTSA Roadrunners (American Athletic Conference)(2024–present)
2024–25 UTSA 12–196–12T–9th
UTSA:12–19 (.387)6–12 (.333)
Total:102–80 (.560)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 "UTSA Names Austin Claunch Head Men's Basketball Coach". University of Texas at San Antonio. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Austin Claunch". Emory.
  3. ↑ "Austin Claunch Bio". Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Austin Claunch Named Nicholls Basketball Assistant Coach". Nicholls State University.
  5. ↑ "The Official Website of Nicholls Athletics". www.geauxcolonels.com.
  6. ↑ "Austin Claunch selected as Colonels 12th head men's basketball coach – Nicholls State University". Nicholls State University.


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