Austin Claunch
 Claunch coaching UTSA in 2025 | |
| 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 (assistant) |
| 2018–2023 | Nicholls |
| 2023–2024 | Alabama (assistant) |
| 2024–2026 | UTSA |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2012–2013 | George Mason (director of player development) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 107–105 (.505) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Southland regular season (2021, 2022) | |
| Awards | |
| Southland Coach of the Year (2021) | |
Austin Claunch (born November 17, 1989) is an American college basketball coach. He most recently served as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from 2024 to 2026. Previously, he served as the head at Nicholls State University from 2018 to 2023.
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.
Claunch was named the head coach of UTSA on March 17, 2024.
On October 28, 2026, one week prior to the start of the basketball season, Claunch was suspended by UTSA after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
On November 13, 2026, just over two weeks after his arrest, it was announced that Claunch and UTSA had mutually agreed to part ways, ending his tenure.
Head coaching record
NCAA DI
| 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) (2024–2026) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | UTSA | 12–19 | 6–12 | T–9th | |||||
| 2025–26 | UTSA | 5–25 | 1–17 | 13th | |||||
| UTSA: | 17–44 (.279) | 7–29 (.194) | |||||||
| Total: | 107–105 (.505) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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