Austin Claunch

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| name = Austin Claunch

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = UTSA

| current_conference = The American

| current_record = {{winpct|12|19|record=y}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|11|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

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| player_years1 = 2008–2012

| player_team1 = Emory

| admin_years1 = 2012–2013

| admin_team1 = George Mason (director of player development)

| coach_years1 = 2013–2015

| coach_team1 = Clemson (graduate assistant)

| coach_years2 = 2016–2018

| coach_team2 = Nicholls State (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2018–2023

| coach_team3 = Nicholls

| coach_years4 = 2023–2024

| coach_team4 = Alabama (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2024–present

| coach_team5 = UTSA

| overall_record = {{winpct|102|80|record=y}}

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| tournament_record = 0–1 (NIT)

| championships = 2 Southland regular season (2021, 2022)

| awards = Southland Coach of the Year (2021)

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Austin Claunch (born November 17, 1989) is an American college basketball coach. He has served as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) since 2024.{{cite web|url=https://goutsa.com/news/2024/03/17/utsa-names-austin-claunch-head-mens-basketball-coach|title=UTSA Names Austin Claunch Head Men’s Basketball Coach|publisher=University of Texas at San Antonio|date=March 17, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.emoryathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/Bios/Claunch?view=bio|title=Austin Claunch|website=Emory}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=209225927|title=Austin Claunch Bio|publisher=|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713195823/http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=209225927|archive-date=July 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Claunch earned his first collegiate assistant coaching position at Nicholls State, joining Richie Riley's staff.{{cite web|url=https://www.geauxcolonels.com/news/2016/6/6/mens-basketball-austin-claunch-named-nicholls-basketball-assistant-coach.aspx?path=mbball|title=Austin Claunch Named Nicholls Basketball Assistant Coach|website=Nicholls State University}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geauxcolonels.com/staff.aspx?staff=207|title=The Official Website of Nicholls Athletics|website=www.geauxcolonels.com}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.geauxcolonels.com/news/2018/3/29/austin-claunch-selected-as-colonels-12th-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx|title=Austin Claunch selected as Colonels 12th head men's basketball coach – Nicholls State University|website=Nicholls State University}}

Claunch was named the head coach of UTSA on March 17, 2024.