Alabama basketball assistant Austin Claunch is set to become the next head coach at UTSA, according to multiple reports. Claunch spent the past season as one of Nate Oats’ three assistants. He has previous head coaching experience at Nichols State where he led the Colonels from 2018-23

Claunch posted a 90-61 record during his five seasons as Nichols State’s head coach. Before leading the Colonels, he served as an assistant for the program from 2016-18. Claunch, a three-time First Team All-University Athletic Association selection at Emory, got his coaching start as a graduate assistant at Clemson from 2013-15.

Alabama’s original plan this season was for Claunch to coach the offense. Last month, Oats revealed that he made a switch to his staff that saw him, Claunch and fellow assistant Preston Murphy take over the defense while assistant Ryan Pannone ran the offense.