Austin Claunch
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UTSA |
| Conference | The American |
| Record | 15–21 (.417) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 17, 1989 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Playing career | |
| 2008–2012 | Emory |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013–2015 | Clemson (graduate assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | Nicholls State (assistant) |
| 2018–2023 | Nicholls |
| 2023–2024 | Alabama (assistant) |
| 2024–present | UTSA |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2012–2013 | George Mason (director of player development) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 105–82 (.561) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Southland regular season (2021, 2022) | |
| Awards | |
| Southland Coach of the Year (2021) | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
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]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]NCAA DI
[edit | edit source]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholls Colonels (Southland Conference) (2018–2023) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Nicholls | 14–17 | 7–11 | T–9th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Nicholls | 21–10 | 15–5 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Nicholls | 18–7 | 14–2 | 1st | |||||
| 2021–22 | Nicholls | 21–12 | 11–3 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Nicholls | 16–15 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| Nicholls: | 90–61 (.596) | 58–28 (.674) | |||||||
| UTSA Roadrunners (American Athletic Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | UTSA | 12–19 | 6–12 | T–9th | |||||
| 2025–26 | UTSA | 3–2 | 0–0 | ||||||
| UTSA: | 15–21 (.417) | 6–12 (.333) | |||||||
| Total: | 105–82 (.561) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- 1989 births
- Living people
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