Dick Hunsaker

Dick Hunsaker

Biographical details
Born	(1954-04-11) April 11, 1954
Playing career
1972–1973	UTEP
1974–1977	Weber State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1987	Weber State (asst.)
1987–1989	Ball State (asst.)
1989–1993	Ball State
1993–1994	Hartford Hellcats
1994–1995	Grand Rapids Hoops
1995–1998	Manchester
1998–2000	Utah (asst.)
2000–2001	Utah (interim)
2002–2015	Utah Valley
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WAC regular season championship (2014) 2× GWC regular season championship (2011, 2012) MWC regular season championship (2001) 2× MAC Tournament championship (1990, 1993) MAC regular season championship (1990, 1993)
Awards
MWC Coach of the Year (2001) GWC Coach of the Year (2011) WAC Coach of the Year (2014)

Dick Hunsaker (born April 11, 1954) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Utah Valley University. He is also a former head and assistant coach at Ball State University. As one of Rick Majerus's assistant coaches, he worked with the Cardinals for two seasons, including their berth in the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Hunsaker is best known for leading Ball State to the 1990 Tournament. His team was led by University of Arkansas at Little Rock transfers Paris McCurdy and Curtis Kidd, Muncie natives Chandler Thompson and Billy Butts, and Detroit native Scott Nichols. The team, as a number 12 seed, defeated Oregon State University, which was led by Gary Payton in the first round and University of Louisville in the second round, before falling to eventual champions UNLV. His record while at Ball State was 97–33.

Hunsaker left Ball State in 1993 in the midst of an NCAA Investigation, but claims to have never violated any rules. He coached the next two years in the Continental Basketball Association with Fort Wayne, Hartford and Grand Rapids. In 1995, he returned to the collegiate coaching ranks at Manchester College, where his record was 51–27. His next coaching job was at the University of Utah, where he served as an assistant to Rick Majerus in his final years. As acting head coach in 2001, leading the team to an 18–12 record. He took the head coaching position at Utah Valley State in 2002. His first season at Utah Valley State was the school's last year as a junior college. Utah Valley joined Division I in 2009.

Hunsaker is a Latter Day Saint.

Playing career

Hunsaker enrolled at UTEP in 1972. However, he transferred to Weber State after one year. He graduated from Weber State in 1977. He received a master's degree from BYU.

Div I head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (1989–1993)
1989–90	Ball State	26–7	13–3	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1990–91	Ball State	21–10	10–6	3rd
1991–92	Ball State	24–9	11–5	2nd	NIT First Round
1991–92	Ball State	24–9	11–5	2nd	NIT First Round
1992–93	Ball State	26–8	14–4	1st	NCAA First Round
Ball State:		97–34 (.740)	59–23 (.720)
Utah Utes (Mountain West Conference) (2000–2001)
2000–01	Utah	18–12	10–4	1st	NIT First Round
Utah:		18–12 (.600)	10–4 (.714)
Utah Valley Wolverines (Independent/Great West Conference/WAC) (2003–2015)
2003-04	Utah Valley	23-5
2004-05	Utah Valley	16-12
2005-06	Utah Valley	16-13
2006-07	Utah Valley	22-7
2007-08	Utah Valley	15-14
2008-09	Utah Valley	17-11
2009–10	Utah Valley	12–18	5–7	4th
2009–10	Utah Valley	19–11	11–1	1st
2011–12	Utah Valley	20–13	9–1	1st	CIT First Round
2012–13	Utah Valley	14–18	3–5	3rd
2013–14	Utah Valley	20–12	13–3	1st	NIT First Round
2014–15	Utah Valley	11–19	5–9	6th
Utah Valley:		205–153 (.573)	46–26 (.639)
Total:		320–199 (.617)
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