Dick Hunsaker
Dick Hunsaker (born April 11, 1954)
Teams coached: Ball State Cardinals, Manchester Spartans, Utah Utes, Utah Valley Wolverines
Ball State record: 97-34 (.740)
Manchester record^: 51-27 (.654)
Utah record: 18-12 (.600)
Utah Valley record: 205-135 (.573)
Overall record^: 371-208 (.641)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1990, 1993)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1990)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1992, 2001, 2014)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2014)
- Great West Regular Season Champion: 2 (2011, 2012)
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 1 (2001)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1990, 1993)
- UBC Regular Season Champions: 1 (2007)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 2 (1990, 1993)
Awards:
- WAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2014)
- Mountain West Coach of the Year: 1 (2001)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2002-2015 | Utah Valley |
| 2000-2001 | Utah (interim HC) |
| 1998-2000 | Utah (asst) |
| 1995-1998 | Manchester |
| 1994-1995 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
| 1993-1994 | Hartford Hellcats |
| 1989-1993 | Ball State |
| 1987-1989 | Ball State (asst) |
| 1977-1987 | Weber State (asst) |
Dick Hunsaker Facts
- Dick Hunsaker
- Born April 11, 1954
- Hometown: Clovis, New Mexico
- Alma Mater: Weber State University (BS, 1977) / Brigham Young University (MS, 1983)
- After graduating from Clovis HS (NM), started his collegiate career playing for Don Haskins at UTEP
- Transferred to Weber State to finish his degree and play for Wildcats’ head coaches Gene Visscher and Neil McCarthy
- Joined McCarthy’s staff at Weber State after his playing days were past, coaching there for ten seasons
- Eight of those years were under McCarthy while the last two were under new head coach Larry Farmer
- Became one of Rick Majerus‘ assistants at Ball State in 1989, then took over as the Cardinals’ head coach two years later
- Went 97-34 over four seasons, reaching two NCAA Tournaments and winning two MAC titles and MAC Tournaments
- Best remembered for leading BSU to the 1990 Sweet Sixteen, defeating 5-seed Oregon State and 4-seed Louisville
- Left Ball State in 1993 amidst an NCAA investigation, but was never charged with any rules violations
- Went 97-34 over four seasons, reaching two NCAA Tournaments and winning two MAC titles and MAC Tournaments
- Spent the next two years in the professional CBA, coaching the Hartford Hellcats and Grand Rapids Hoops for one season each
- Returned to the college ranks in 1995, going 51-27 over three seasons at Division III Manchester College (IN)
- Rejoined Majerus in 1998, this time as an assistant coach at Utah
- Took over as acting head coach for all but the first game of the 2000-01 season, as Majerus experienced health issues
- Hunsaker led the Utes to win the 2001 Mountain West title and appear in the NIT, going 18-12 at the helm
- Majerus returned the following season and Hunsaker left the program
- Hired in 2002 to take over at Utah Valley, a program transitioning from the junior college ranks straight to NCAA Division I
- Was a D-I Independent for his first six seasons at the helm before joining the Great West in 2009 (then the WAC in 2013)
- Went 205-135 over his 12-season tenure there, winning four conference titles (two Great West, one WAC and one UBC)
- Appeared in the postseason twice with UVU, going to the 2012 CIT and 2014 NIT – both firsts for the program
- Retired in 2015 with 371 career collegiate victories, six conference titles and six postseason appearances
Dick Hunsaker Coaching Tree
- Jordan Brady (Wisconsin Herd)
- Larry Eustachy (Colorado State, Southern Miss, Iowa State, Utah State, Idaho)
- Freddie Owens (Green Bay)
- Kevin Young (BYU, Delaware 87ers, Iowa Energy, Utah Flash)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and Division III levels only