Dick Hunsaker

Dick Hunsaker

Hunsaker, circa 1984
Biographical details
Born	(1954-04-11) April 11, 1954 (age 70)
Playing career
1972–1973	UTEP
1974–1977	Weber State
Coaching career ( Manchester
1998–2000	Utah (assistant)
2000–2001	Utah (interim HC)
2002–2015	Utah Valley
Head coaching record
Overall	371–226 (college)
Tournaments	2–2 (NCAA Division I) 0–3 (NIT) 0—1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MAC regular season (1990, 1993) 2 MAC tournament (1990, 1993) MWC regular season (2001) 2 GWC regular season (2011, 2012) WAC regular season (2014)
Awards
MWC Coach of the Year (2001) 2x GWC Coach of the Year (2011, 2012) WAC Coach of the Year (2014)

Dick Hunsaker (born April 11, 1954) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Utah Valley University. He is also a former head and assistant coach at Ball State University. As one of Rick Majerus's assistant coaches, he worked with the Cardinals for two seasons, including their berth in the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Hunsaker is best known for leading Ball State to the

. His record while at Ball State was 97–33.

Hunsaker left Ball State in 1993 in the midst of an NCAA Investigation, but claims to have never violated any rules.

, where his record was 51–27.

His next coaching job was at the University of Utah, where he served as an assistant to Rick Majerus in his final years. Majerus took a leave of absence after the 2000–01 season opener due to health problems, and Hunsaker became interim head coach. Majerus had every intention of returning, but announced in January 2001 that he would sit out the remainder of the season to tend to his health and that of his mother. As acting head coach in 2001, Hunsaker led the Utes to an 18–12 record.^[2] He took the head coaching position at Utah Valley State in 2002. His first season at Utah Valley State was the school's last year as a junior college. Utah Valley joined Division I in 2009.

Hunsaker is a Latter Day Saint.^[3]

Playing career

Hunsaker enrolled at UTEP in 1972. However, he transferred to Weber State after one year. He graduated from Weber State in 1977. He received a master's degree from BYU.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (1989–1993)
1989–90	Ball State	26–7	13–3	1st	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
1990–91	Ball State	21–10	10–6	3rd
1991–92	Ball State	24–9	11–5	2nd	NIT First Round
1992–93	Ball State	26–8	14–4	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
Ball State:		97–34 (.740)	48–18 (.727)
Manchester Spartans (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference ) (1995–1998)
1995–96	Manchester	19–8	8–4	2nd
1996–97	Manchester	16–10	7–5	3rd
1997–98	Manchester	16–9	7–5	T–3rd
Manchester:		51–27 (.654)	22–14 (.611)
Utah Utes (Mountain West Conference) (2000–2001)
2000–01	Utah	18–12	10–4	1st	NIT First Round
Utah:		18–12 (.600)	10–4 (.714)
Utah Valley Wolverines (NCAA Division I independent) (2003–2009)
2003–04	Utah Valley	23–5
2004–05	Utah Valley	16–12
2005–06	Utah Valley	16–13
2006–07	Utah Valley	22–7
2007–08	Utah Valley	15–14
2008–09	Utah Valley	17–11
Utah Valley Wolverines (Great West Conference) (2009–2013)
2009–10	Utah Valley	12–18	5–7	4th
2010–11	Utah Valley	19–11	11–1	1st
2011–12	Utah Valley	20–13	9–1	1st	CIT First Round
2012–13	Utah Valley	14–18	3–5	3rd
Utah Valley Wolverines (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–2015)
2013–14	Utah Valley	20–12	13–3	1st	NIT First Round
2014–15	Utah Valley	11–19	5–9	6th
Utah Valley:		205–153 (.573)	46–26 (.639)
Total:		371–226 (.621)
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

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