Austin Claunch

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] He is currently the youngest coach in the NCAA.

Austin Claunch
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNicholls
ConferenceSouthland
Record42–32 (.568)
Biographical details
Born (1989-11-17) November 17, 1989
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing career
2008–2012Emory
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016–2018Nicholls State (assistant)
2018–presentNicholls
Head coaching record
Overall42–32 (.568)

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
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Nicholls (Southland) (2018–present)
2018–19 Nicholls 14–177–11T–9th
2019–20 Nicholls 21–1015–5T–2nd
2020–21 Nicholls 7–55–1
Nicholls: 42–32 (.568)27–17 (.614)
Total:42–32 (.568)

      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. "Austin Claunch selected as Colonels 12th head men's basketball coach - Nicholls State University". Nicholls State University.
  2. "Austin Claunch". Emory.
  3. "Austin Claunch Bio". Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  4. "Austin Claunch Named Nicholls Basketball Assistant Coach". Nicholls State University.
  5. "The Official Website of Nicholls Athletics". www.geauxcolonels.com.


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