Austin Claunch

Austin Claunch

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Nicholls
Conference	Southland
Record	35–27 (.565)
Biographical details
Born	(1989-11-17) November 17, 1989 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing career
2008–2012	Emory
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016–2018	Nicholls State (assistant)
2018–present	Nicholls
Head coaching record
Overall	35–27 (.565)

Austin Claunch (born November 17, 1989) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Nicholls Colonels men's basketball team. He is currently the youngest coach in the NCAA.

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.

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.

Claunch earned his first collegiate assistant coaching position at Nicholls State, joining Richie Riley's staff. 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.

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Nicholls (Southland) (2018–present)
2018–19	Nicholls	14–17	7–11	T–9th
2019–20	Nicholls	21–10	15–5	T–2nd
Nicholls:		35–27 (.565)	22–16 (.579)
Total:		35–27 (.565)
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