Austin Claunch
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Nicholls |
Conference | Southland |
Biographical details | |
Born | Cypress, Texas | November 17, 1989
Playing career | |
2008–2012 | Emory |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2016–2018 | Nicholls State (asst.) |
2018–present | Nicholls |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–0 (–) |
Austin Claunch (born November 17, 1989) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Nicholls Colonels men's basketball team.[1]
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.[1]
Head coaching record
NCAA DI
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Nicholls (Southland) (2018–present) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Nicholls | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Nicholls: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 0–0 (–) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b "Austin Claunch selected as Colonels 12th head men's basketball coach - Nicholls State University". Nicholls State University.
- ^ "Austin Claunch". Emory.
- ^ "Austin Claunch Bio".
- ^ "Austin Claunch Named Nicholls Basketball Assistant Coach". Nicholls State University.
- ^ "The Official Website of Nicholls Athletics". www.geauxcolonels.com.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball coaches
- Basketball coaches from Texas
- Basketball players from Texas
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Emory Eagles men's basketball players
- Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball coaches
- People from Cypress, Texas
- American basketball coach stubs