Shane Burcar
Shane Burcar (born September 19, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Current conference: Big Sky Conference
Northern Arizona record: 57-95 (.375)
Overall record: 57-95 (.375)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2019-present | Northern Arizona |
2018-2019 | Northern Arizona (asst) |
Shane Burcar Facts
- Shane Anthony Burcar
- Born September 19, 1972
- Hometown: Hancock, Michigan
- Alma Mater: Ottawa University (BA)
- Grew up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and moved out West to Arizona at the age of 23
- Early coaching roles include a stints as an assistant at Gilbert HS (AZ) and Mesa HS (AZ)
- First head coaching role was a one-year (2005-06) stint at Westwood HS, also in Mesa, AZ
- Returned to Mesa HS in 2006 and spent twelve years as head coach there, going 237-103 during that tenure
- Won seven regional championships and claimed an Arizona state title in 2016
- Hired in April 2018 to be an assistant on Jack Murphy‘s staff at Northern Arizona
- Burcar was named interim head coach at NAU in June 2019 following Murphy’s resignation
- In March 2020, NAU removed the interim tag and hired Burcar as the permanent head coach
- In 2023, despite finishing 9th in the league, the Lumberjacks nearly made the Big Dance after making a run to the Big Sky Tournament final
- Along with his wife, Julie, has four children
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